HAS Beauvaisthe problems in the social housing are legion. Faced with ever-increasing complaints from residents, as in the A7 and A8 towers in the Argentine district, the city decided to launch a online platform to centralize the problems encountered. “It is to have the means to act. We need to be as responsive as possibleexplains Franck Pia. And as mayor I will expect the same thing from landlords.»
This website allows Beauvais tenants who have already requested their lessor but to no avail to contact the municipality. For the mayor and municipal services, it is also a way to avoid constant solicitations, particularly on social networks. And centralize requests. “There are things that are not acceptable. We are a little fed up with receiving (…) complaints from people who tell us that nothing is being done.», adds the councilor.
Fight against the indignity of housing
Franck Pia’s stated goal is to be able to collect all the requests to get social landlords to move more effectively. “The goal is to fight against the indignity of housingadds the mayor. We still have accommodations where it rains inside…»
To ensure that landlords are more responsive to residents’ problems, the mayor is firstly counting on prevention. “If he doesn’t act, we can go up a level. The green brigade can intervene and even issue a report. And if necessary we can go to court.»
On this new site SOS Lessorstenants can thus report all their problems and enhance their reporting with photos or videos. Everything is then sent directly to the town hall services.
Relieve the pressure on the social rental stock
Apart from the 2026 elections which are approaching, the interest for the city is also to ease the wait for access to social housing. The elected officials list “5,000 requests pending in the social park“. Including 2,000 people who already live in Beauvais. Among these 2,000, “there are between 200 to 250 who are motivated by decency and healthy housing», they say.
The calculation is therefore that if landlords resolve the problems in indecent housing, the number of requests will also drop. The SOS donors website is available at this link.
