in the Southwest, participatory housing is starting to take root – Libération

Food, housing, energy, integration… A look back at the main themes discussed so far from the Global SSE Forum which was held at the end of October in Bordeaux.

Residence. In the Basque Country, in the Landes and as far away as Bordeaux or Toulouse, this is what the Committee of Housing Workers (COL) is trying to propose. These social promoters came from the Castors, a movement of independent building cooperatives that built about a hundred houses in Bayonne in 1951. “Currently COL continues to help the simplest people to get housing in good condition, with the idea of ​​sharing and solidarity, explained Imed Robbana, general director of the HLM cooperative. We are both developer-builders, with almost 500 homes a year, and social rental stock managers of 2,500 homes. Most importantly, we strive to create living spaces through development