Social Housing/Housing Associations

[Humptydingo]

We have a small one bedroomed modern bungalow in Haute Vienne which we have

had for sale for a year now for just €45,000.  For health/age reasons we

had to move back to the UK.

My questions is :has anybody any knowledge of private houses being offered

or sold to the Habitation à Loyer Modéré or like organisations for social

housing.  It is ideal for rental, particularly to an elderly couple since

it is single storey level and we had a concrete ramp to the front door built

for wheelchair entry

[Loiseau]

Maybe your local Mairie would be interested in buying it, or could advise.

Angela

[Chancer]

There is one around here called SIP, following the intervention of the Mairie and the assistant sociale they bought a property from the mortgage company that was about to foreclose on one of the agent municipales for the commune so it does happen, Loiseau's suggestion of the Mairie is a good idea, often they have a responsability to rehouse someone or put a roof over their head and many would prefer to work with a housing association to keep their hands clean.

In the case of our village it was a good idea, it was a really dodgy family of drinkers who eventually burnt the place down and were convinced that once it was rebuilt they would be back in there again, the housing association thought differently, we had all seen the place and the gardens from the outside which was shocking enough, the Inside was like a horror movie.