A module of the Mugi project. Nobatek
FIGARO TOMORROW – In the Basque Country, temporary accommodation is moving to the mountains or to the seaside.
In La Pierre-Saint-Martin (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), two houses of a particular kind were installed in early December in a parking lot. “They are inhabited by a seasonal worker, a cook in the ski resort”, explains Thomas Garnesson, project manager at Nobatek/Inef4. This sustainable construction player, based in Bordeaux and Anglet, launched the Mugi project (“Move” in Basque) in 2020.
“By providing affordable and sustainable housingwe are targeting a particularly vulnerable population, seasonal and temporary workers, for whom accommodation is insufficient, which means that many job vacancies are not filled”, explains Benoît Caussade, Basque country director of Soliha, the first national associative player in private housing with a social vocation, owner of the first two modules. In the South-West, workers in campsites or restaurants in summer have as much trouble finding a roof as ski instructors in winter or those who do the grape harvest…
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