Six years after its creation, the National Agency for the renovation urban (Anru) continues its ambitious mission by conducting an extensive programme of renovation of degraded social housing neighbourhoods. Its budget of EUR 12.3 billion funds 390 projects in 485 sensitive areas. After a slow and chaotic start, the Agency is continuing today visible actions in the field. Dozens of bars have jumped, towers have disappeared from the landscape. The time now is reconstruction, rehabilitation and "requalification" of public spaces. While a handful of Commons - Le Havre, Meaux, Châteauroux-have closed their operations, many are still full of construction. In 2010 alone, the Agency will have distributed nearly 1.2 billion euros of subsidies. This pace is expected to continue until the completion of the recent agreements in 2016, with "a peak of activity scheduled between 2012 and 2014. This recent mounted power financing contrast with modest activity of the early years. Between 2004 and 2006, only 1 billion had been unblocked. "At the time, most of the programs were in their study and engineering phases." "Today, the curve of the implementation is taken", says Pierre Sallenave, Director General of the Anru. Criticized by elected officials to delay the release of the promised funds, the Agency is working to improve the "dysfunction". "Currently, the average payment period is approximately 80 days against 250 in 2008.". "Our goal is for 60 days," details Pierre Sallenave. Memory, the first cities involved in the renovation made the costs of late advances. "Initially, our program has been financially worn by the city and social landlords, or receive the money in time", said Luc Della Valle, Vice-President of the agglomeration community of castelroussine.
Disappointing social mix
The anger of the elect is calmed down on this point. However, other signs of concern appear. For various reasons, many cities and towns accuse them of delays of one to two years in the progress of their projects. Philippe Dallier, Senator and special rapporteur of the city and housing mission, said in a report (1) this month in the Senate that some municipalities "complain as La Seyne-sur-Mer, Marseille, Montfermeil, Bagneux, Montereau and Tours. Another sign of concern: the future financing of the Agency. Since 2009 and 2011, this last is powered by only 1 housing pursuant to a three-year agreement signed with the State which guarantees him 800 million per year. Beyond 2011, this scenario comes to an end. Nothing is certain for the suite. The Anru will always be the resources for its ambitions Will it be the costs of the budgetary restrictions related to the crisis "Environmental policy and economic current complicate considerably the work of the Agency, and with it all the elected representatives engaged in these heavy transformations and long-term," argues Maurice Charrier, former Mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin (Rhône), currently Vice President of the urban community of Lyon. On background of reform of the territorial communities of redesign of the staffing of urban solidarity and worsening of the economic and social situation of the populations of these areas, the atmosphere is not the beautiful fixed. Still optimistic about the committed completion, some mayors and social landlords are puzzled by the "after-Anru." "It must be attentive to the evolution of social cohesion in these neighbourhoods." "If it does nothing for the most fragile, these areas will degrade again in a few years", advance Agathe Cahierre, first Deputy Mayor of le Havre, in charge of the facilities, projects and social cohesion. Already the effects of the economic crisis is felt: temporary rent unpaid increased 13.1 between 2008 and 2009. Municipalities with high rates of social housing are struggling to manage their budget. "Require support of these cities to help them invest in nearby public facilities, to ensure a follow-up educational, social of their inhabitants." "Alone, they will not come", said Philippe Dallier. "We have obtained the means to change the setting of certain neighbourhoods." "Now, we need to help the players to change", summarizes Xavier Lemoine, Mayor of Montfermeil.
If the renovation is running, the effort of social mix, one of the priority objectives assigned to the national urban renewal programme (NERP) is for the time being disappointing. Published in March, the report of the Committee for assessment and monitoring (these) of the Anru (2) draws the alarm: "About 70 of the affected residents are resettled in their district of origin and the restoration off site of the destroyed buildings housing is still too rarely performed across the metropolitan area." The reason There is no solidarity between the rich and the poor Commons first refusing to allow residents of the seconds. Result, neighbourhoods to renovate but their population is changing little. The report of these deplores the disconnection of urban transport, trade and economic development of the urban renewal projects. For Beatrix General Mora, delegated to professional action in the social Union for habitat (USH) "even if urban and social diversity is not yet to the appointment, he must remain mobilized." "Indeed, local elected officials plead for an Anru II to continue an action that is far from over", confirms Philippe Dallier.
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