The mayor (LR) of Grasse has long been planning the demolition of the flowery district with 542 social housing units.
Monday, May 27, 2024, a The 15-year-old died after being shot in the head while he was in the flowery district of Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes). The city, which includes 542 social housing units, is suffering from drug trafficking, according to the police services in Grasse, as reported by AFP. Speaking after the assassination of the young man, the mayor (LR) of the city, Jérôme Viaud, reaffirmed his desire to raze the neighborhood, reports Le Figaro.
Long planned demolition
The demolition of the flower quarter was planned for a long time. Currently, 190 social apartments out of 542 residential units in the city have been evacuated according to Le Figaro. Speaking after the assassination of young Ayoub, the city’s mayor reaffirmed his desire to carry out the “pure and simple destruction” of the neighborhood. According to him, the latter cannot be rehabilitated: “The fault is great impoverishment, with very degraded buildings, a more than mediocre quality of life, without any green areas. No one wants to live there. And this situation is of course correlated with delinquency.
“We will make it all residential,” insists the mayor of Grasse
Instead of a flowery district, the mayor of Grasse wants to build family residences that could attract the middle to wealthy class, as well as housing for the elderly. “100% social housing is no longer possible,” he said Le Figaro. We will residentialize it all after we have demolished all the towers, mixing ownership of houses and social housing. We also saw the need to create apartments for the elderly.” Slamming his fist on the table, the politician concluded: “My will regarding this project is very firm: we will not do anything half-heartedly.”
The trace of the settlement in the background of the drug trade indicated by the mayor?
Although the public prosecutor of Grasse, Damien Savarzeix, did not indicate the motives for the assassination of young Ayoub, the mayor (LR) determined the culprit by so firmly asserting his desire to raze to the ground the neighborhood where young Ayoub died: the drug trade. Le Figaro he claimed at this time that the assassination of the young man would cause a showdown between human traffickers. However, this is an accusation. The investigation carried out by the State Prosecutor’s Office in Grasse alone has the power to decide. As for the culprits, two people on scooters, they have not been found yet.
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