The town hall of Fontenay-aux-Roses, in Hauts-de-Seine (92), receives a most unusual letter, at the end of May, signed by ten tenants of an HLM bar, in the Blagis district . They attest that “their building is haunted» and ask them «relocation emergency“, according The Parisian . «This is a big first for us“, assures Gabriela Reigada, first deputy mayor of Fontenay-aux-Roses.
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The tenants see a light on in an empty apartment, moving objects and hear furniture dragged on the floor, footsteps, banging on the walls. They even claim to have seen ghosts in their mail addressed to the town hall.
The death of a tenant in his apartment, in April 2019, at the age of 72, is believed to be the cause of the problem. This mystical man saw ghosts, according to locals. After his death, the paranormal phenomena begin: music sounds from his empty apartment, assures his neighbor upstairs, the chair he pulled when he took his meals continues to creak, according to another neighbor who lives below his apartment.
A lack of peaceful enjoyment?
The residents found a temporary solution. They pour salt at the foot of their door to ward off evil spirits, advice from their imam. But they would like to be relocated to another building. A desire that arouses the surprise of the mayor: “I’ll go there to see what’s going on. But I don’t think that’s a reason for relocationasks Laurent Vastel (UDI) to the Parisian.
The mayor first started by meeting tenants “to see their certain distress“, According to his first assistant. He will meet the families one by one and trigger a technical expertise of the building with the social landlord Hauts-de-Seine Habitat “to see if electrical problems could physically explain these noises. In the mail we received lights going off and on by themselves were mentioned».
Gabriela Reigada promises to find a mediation but is a haunted property a reason for rehousing? According to the Union sociale pour l’habitat, an organization representing the HLM sector, “there are four types of relocation obligations depending on the nature of the operation (urban planning operation, structural works, urban renewal and demolition operation)“. However, the haunted character does not correspond to these characteristics.
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«The haunted character of a dwelling is not part of the criteria of decency provided for by law“, specifies master Rossi-Landi, lawyer in real estate law. It is up to the tenants to provide proof of the haunted character of the building through a bailiff’s report, which is not easy. “In such a case, the decree provides that the accommodation must ensure the physical security of the tenant and the tenant should then rely on the lack of peaceful enjoyment of the accommodation.», concludes Maître Rossi-Landi. A report difficult to establish however.