Transcript: A Key Player in Social Housing

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Claire Goudineau, CEO, RATP Habitat
RATP Habitat is a subsidiary of the RATP Group, created 65 years ago. We build and manage nearly 10,000 social and mid-range housing units in Paris and the inner suburbs. 40% of our housing is occupied by RATP employees and their families.

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Speaker
Social diversity means enabling those who keep the city running to live there.

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RATP Habitat has developed very specific expertise in building housing on top of existing RATP sites — for example, apartments above the Barbara metro station in Montrouge, or in the heart of Paris at Vaugirard, above the Line 12 train maintenance workshop.

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We are here at the Netter-Debergue site in Paris’ 12th arrondissement. This location is very emblematic of our commitments and expertise. What we have built: 48 social housing units, 43 mid-range housing units, as well as a childcare facility with 100 cribs for the City of Paris. RATP also transferred part of its land to allow the expansion of a public park open to local residents.

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For families with modest incomes, it is almost impossible to find housing in Paris and, more generally, in the inner suburbs. Allowing employees and their families to have a home in the heart of the city, close to their workplace, and near nurseries, schools, or shops, truly changes lives. Reducing the commute between home and work also helps achieve a better work-life balance. This greatly contributes to increasing the Group’s attractiveness and retaining its employees.