Ile-d’Yeu (Vendee)
The cry of alarm reached Housing Minister Olivier Klein, whose cabinet says it is monitoring the situation. “The Greatest Attention”. Residents of Ile d’Yeu are desperate and angry at the explosion of real estate prices. their access to the property has become almost impossible, while second residents and tourists enjoy island accommodation.
Mobilized, they have been alerting elected officials and state authorities for months. Their action at the end of August, which consisted in setting up a camp, marked the spirits. In front of the island’s only notary’s office, on the docks of Port Joinville, crowded with summer visitors, it had not gone unnoticed. Dozens of colorful tents were posted with placards and signs addressed to the onlookers and government authorities;Housing to Avoid Exile Law”, “Housing Crisis, Say Goodbye to Our Children”.
For a day, this “island village 2030”, a temporary camp that wanted to prefigure the physiognomy…
Source: Le Figaro
