A major concern for President Daniel Gibbs and the elected officials: putting a roof over the heads of the most deprived and vulnerable populations who have not yet been able to start securing their homes. And this, as soon as possible. Thus, during the vote on the Community's original budget last April, 5 million euros were dedicated to this large-scale operation, the first works of which began in early July.
Two poles of the Collectivity piloted this operation. First of all, identification work was carried out upstream by the solidarity and families pole of the Collectivity, for which the 3rd Vice-President Annick Petrus is responsible. Some 440 homes, mainly made up of elderly people, people with disabilities or even homes with children under 3, and mostly located in the Sandy Ground and Quartier d'Orléans neighborhoods, were identified as eligible for this scheme. Then, the Sustainable Development division, which is under the control of 4th Vice-President Steven Patrick, awarded the necessary contracts to select the companies participating in the operation. Four local public works companies were mandated to carry out these roof coverings and three local suppliers of materials, with which the Collectivity "opened an account" for the roofing companies to source materials.
In the last week of July, the first construction site took place at the home of Elise, 91, for her house in Quartier d'Orléans, located just behind the Catholic church, whose roof and openings were literally blown away by the 'hurricane. Since then, and while waiting to return to live at home, Elise has been staying with her daughter, whose name is Irma…
The sites should follow one another throughout the summer so that the maximum of these 440 homes covers a roof and that families can start to live with dignity.
President Gibbs, at the last Territorial Council (July 11), wished to recall that he had done everything to make this operation happen. It was not possible to carry out this work earlier, since we had to wait for the budget vote in April to commit these 5 million euros, develop the most appropriate device and then award the contracts corresponding audiences within the mandatory legal deadlines.
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