“Am I not allowed to help my mother ?”: 13 Habitat president accused of favouritism for 120 m² social housing

Nora Préziosi is accused of having obtained a renovated T4 for her mother in a Catalans HLM residence, in Marseille google street view – screenshot

The mother of the president of 13 Habitat, the HLM office of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, obtained social housing of 120 m² a stone's throw from Catalans beach. This sparked a controversy. The prefect, soon seized.

A T4 social housing of 120 m² renovated, a stone's throw from Catalans beach, was awarded to the mother of Nora Préziosi, the president of 13 Habitat. His revelations from Marsactu, a local investigative newspaper, led to a big controversy.

Nora Préziozi is accused of having used her position as president of the Bouches-du-Rhône HLM office to favor her mother. She has led this position since 2022.

A renovation worth 33,000 euros

More than a year ago, in June 2023, the mother moved with one of her daughters to a T4 apartment of 120 m2 with a terrace, on the coast of Marseille, in the 7th arrondissement. This accommodation has recently been renovated, an operation costing 33,000 euros, "well beyond the standards in force and covered by the lessor ", according to France 3 Provence-Alpes.

Patrick Amico, the deputy mayor of Marseille in charge of housing, will contact the prefect and will request an investigation into the conditions for granting social housing to the mother of the president, according to Le Figaro. "I will contact the prefect this week and request an investigation from the national social housing control agency (Ancols)" , he says. "We still have 48 000 applications for social housing in Marseille waiting", he adds.< /p>

Nora Préziozi scandalized by the accusations

"I am shocked by his words, all of this is false and absolutely false", says Nora Préziosi. She is scandalized by these accusations and denies any intervention in her mother's case. However, she admits wanting to take her mother "from Font Vert", a city in the northern districts. "My mother has been asking for social housing for ten years", she says.

"I told my services, the day a T4 becomes available, you keep it for my mother, she admitted, adding: "am I not allowed to help my mother ? ", with our colleagues from La Provence.

"The commission is sovereign, and at the time of examining the Marseille files, I left" , says the president. This information was confirmed by 13Habitat, who also specified that Nora Preziosi's mother " needed ’ be rehoused since she is now 92 years old, she has great difficulty moving around, she still lives with a disabled daughter and the two could no longer live in housing on the second floor without elevator."

A few days before these accusations, Nora Preziozi had announced her appointment to the Legion of Honor on social networks.