the prefect orders the eviction of the squatters, “in accordance with the instructions of the Minister of the Interior”

“Telling ourselves that it’s our home but that we can’t be there, we can’t go back, we can’t do anything. It hurts my heart too much.” The Parisian reported, Wednesday, June 8, the story of Elodie and Laurent who find themselves unable to move into the house they bought in Ollainville, Essonne. After the visits and the steps leading to the acquisition of their main residence, the couple found that it was occupied by a family with four children, and that they did not wish to leave it.

The video, which counts on Twitter some 2.6 million views in twenty-four hours, was relayed at least 11,000 times and abundantly commented. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, reacted Thursday on Twitter, denouncing a situation “unacceptable” and wishing “rapid evacuation of illegal occupants”. A few hours later, the prefect of Essonne took “an order of formal notice which was notified without delay to the occupants without title of the accommodation”. This notice is “combined with an execution time which cannot be less than 24 hours”.

This situation is unacceptable.
With @AdeMontchalinwe immediately ask the @Prefect91 to initiate the procedure of article 38 of the DALO law for a rapid evacuation of illegal occupants. https://t.co/kDereCdug9

— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) June 9, 2022

For landlords, recourse exists in the event of occupied housing. “The administrative procedure for the eviction of squatters illegally occupying housing has been simplified since January 1, 2021explains the official website of the French administration. To make this procedure truly effective, the owners concerned can be accompanied by a bailiff since February 1, 2022. Last year, out of 196 deportation requests, 172 were carried out, recalled France 3. “We have to relocate these people, that’s all. It’s not super complicated”believes Laurent.