2010-12-21 Ranska: Mielummin sakkoja kuin sosiaalista rakentamista

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Ultimate nimbyt Ranskan tyyliin: Viranomaiset maksavat mielummin sakkoja kuin harjoittaisivat lakisääteistä sosiaalista rakentamista.

Syykin on selvä: Sakkojen maksaminen tulee halvemmaksi ja sosiaalisen rakentamisen projekti ovat äärimmäisen epäsuosittuja.

http://www.france24.com/en/20101220-french-cities-rather-pay-fine-invest-social-housing-municipal-urban-planning-fondation-abbe-pierre-homeless

French cities prefer fines to social housing

Municipal authorities across France prefer to pay fines rather than invest in deeply unpopular social housing projects because paying the fines is cheaper and helps win votes. Several cities are obligated by law to increase public housing.

It is a regular feature of Christmas in France and the posters are everywhere. Each year, one French charity, the Abbé Pierre Foundation (Fondation Abbé Pierre), posts grim pictures of extreme poverty and sub-standard housing.
While the campaign seeks to spur action among individuals, French cities are also falling short in their efforts to provide adequate housing to the disadvantaged. Many municipalities are compelled by law to boost their public housing stocks over a 20-year period or face fines -- but many are choosing to ignore this obligation.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_situation_in_the_French_suburbs

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The 13 December 2000 "SRU law" (loi de solidarité et renouvellement urbain, "solidarity and urban renewal act"), required that communes devote at least 20% of their housing capacity to social housing. Many locally-elected officials opposed the law, which sought to relieve residential segregation that had developed as a consequence of the earlier, uneven construction of the cités. In the wealthy Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, of which President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy served as mayor from 1983–2002, less than 2.5% of its housing stock meets the social-housing criteria. After the 2005 riots, the government announced that it would enforce the SRU law more strictly, although it would accommodate local circumstances such as the absence of land on which social housing could be built.
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