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Alain, 75, from La Queue-en-Brie must vacate a municipal plot by early May. His €495 monthly pension cannot cover campsite fees of €1,400. The town hall says no free land is available.
A 75-year-old French pensioner, Alain, is desperately searching for a plot to park his caravan in La Queue-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne). He must leave the temporary municipal site by early May, as the land has been put up for sale.
Alain lives in a 12 m² caravan with two dogs. His monthly pension is €495, while a campsite pitch costs €1,400 per month — an unaffordable sum. The municipality states it has no available land for him.
The situation is a dead end: the pensioner calls it a "dead end" and continues his search for a suitable plot.
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Pensioner Alain must vacate a municipal plot in La Queue-en-Brie by early May. His monthly pension of 495 euros is insufficient to cover a campsite sp...
Pensioner Alain must vacate a municipal plot in La Queue-en-Brie by early May. His monthly pension of 495 euros is insufficient to cover a campsite spot costing 1,400 euros per month. The town hall stated it has no available land to accommodate him.
75-year-old Alain must vacate a temporary plot in La Queue-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) by early May. He lives in a 12 m² caravan with two dogs on a pension...
75-year-old Alain must vacate a temporary plot in La Queue-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) by early May. He lives in a 12 m² caravan with two dogs on a pension of 495 euros, while campsite pitches cost 1400 euros per month. The municipality states no land is available, and the plot he occupies is under a promise of sale.
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