My son must be between fungus sleep: residents of social housing and municipality call for action

Zemst Moisture in the walls, toilets that continually not flushing and mold: the waslijstje with defects in the social housing of at providentia in the neighborhood Behind the Dairy’ in Zemst is a long time. However, the houses are barely six years old. “Except what oplapwerk is there is nothing to be done”, lament the residents. According to at providentia, there are not striking a lot of problems.

for six years – immediately after the completion of the project – live Ann de Jaeger, with her husband and their seven-year-old son in one of the social housing of at providentia in the neighborhood Behind the Dairy in Zemst. In the early years everything went smoothly, but the last few months diving a lot of the flaws. Especially the moisture in the walls and the mildew baren Ann sure. “The exact cause is not yet known, but it is certain that the water coming from the bathroom”, she does her story. “Especially because the walls in the room of my son to be affected, he sleeps for several days, in the other nursery. After all, it is not healthy to sleep in a room with moldy walls.”

The Jaeger stated at providentia last week at the height of the problem, but got still no response from the social housing company. Also the past few months, left the company, according to the residents after to take appropriate steps after the boiler in the kitchen was failing. “Through a tear seeped out of the device, giving the kitchen cupboards several times under water stood,” says the resident. “After a long struggle came to an mechanic finally with a new water heater, but it went to a wrong model. So, I have still no hot water in the kitchen. In addition, flushing the toilets to the town. The past year and a half is here seven times a company to come. Time is the issue for a short time resolved, but on a structural solution is still to wait.”

Legal capper

The problems occur not only in the home of Ann de Jaeger, but also in the other flats are quite a few flaws. Therefore, asks opposition party Open Vld, the city council for all complaints to collect and vervatten in a global complaint against at providentia. “In the absence of accurate solutions to the municipality a legal solution development”, says the liberals. “Moreover, lots of building regulations not complied with. Also, this must be thoroughly adhered to.”