Development of Ile-de-France: the "anti-ghetto" measure of Pécresse is debated

The new master plan for the Ile-de-France region (Sdrif), which must frame the development of the region until 2040 and is binding on local elected officials in their urban plans, must be validated for the first time on Wednesday by the hemicycle sitting in Saint-Ouen.

It must then be the subject of a public inquiry, the State having a right of inspection, before being adopted in its final version during 2024.

The regional prefecture has already expressed several reservations, in particular with regard to the "anti-ghetto" clause aimed at curbing the production of social housing in the municipalities which already have at least 30% of it.

The application of this principle "would lead to a 21% reduction in the average social (housing) production" compared to recent years and the region has not planned a "strong provision" in the poorly endowed municipalities to compensate, deplores the prefecture in its opinion.

"Beyond 30%, there is no mix", answers AFP the entourage of Valérie Pécresse who thus wants to avoid "a ghettoization of the districts".

As for the deficient municipalities which do not respect the minimum of 25% imposed by the SRU law, "they have built more social housing than before", since Ms. Pécresse heads the region, argues her entourage.

The communist opposition, which denounces an "anti-social, anti-social housing, anti-right to housing for all" measure, affirms that it will challenge this anti-ghetto clause in court.

Apart from this point, "90% of the requests" of the State on housing have been "integrated", affirms to AFP Jean-Philippe Dugoin-Clément, the vice-president of the region in charge of housing and territory Development.

The construction of new prisons is another subject of disagreement, the right pushing to build four new establishments, or "the equivalent of 3.000 places", summarizes the entourage of Ms. Pécresse.

But in the event of integration of a derogatory measure to the inconstructibility in agricultural zone, claimed by the State in particular to build these prisons, "we are very far from an effective protection of the soil", deplores France Nature Environnement (FNE ) Ile-de-France.