TRIBUNAL Some units with a ceiling height of less than 2 meters did not have windows
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A sleep merchant was condemned by the correctional court of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) at; 18 months suspended sentence and ” 20,000 euros fine; reports Le Parisien. From 2014 to 2021, this 76-year-old man, manager of a company, had housed a dozen tenants in deplorable conditions in a former hotel in Rueil-Malmaison.
More than 20,000 euros in compensation
In the cellars and on the ground floor, he indeed offered rooms sometimes without windows. job seekers, precarious workers, or even people under curatorship. During the hearing, the inspector from the regional health agency (ARS) who visited the site reported housing with a ceiling height of less than 2 meters.
He also lamented; severe humidity problems and the absence of compliant electrical installations. Two tenants, who occupied the premises without any lease, filed civil suits. One of them should receive around 12,000 euros from the sleep merchant. The other will have to wait until next January and the dismissal on civil interest to know the amount of his compensation.