Dwellers of historical buildings in Brest center litigate with the local authorities
The local authorities have the
intention to evict the dwellers of the seven apartments of house 10
in Astrouski Street. The official reason is that the building is in a
dangerous state and needs major repairs.
The aforementioned
house is located in the center of Brest. It was constructed in 1925.
It has been declared a historical value.
One of its
dwellers, Aleh Vaitkou, believes that this is the fact that hinders
the authorities to dismantle the building. That's why the local
officials have spent seven years trying to prove that the house is in
the state of emergency and its dwellers must be resettled to some
smaller apartments on the city outskirts.
Meanwhile,
according to an earlier report of experts the house in Astrouski
Street has some defects as no major repairs have been conducted in it
for the last 30 years, but it is possible to conduct them without
resettling the dwellers. At the same time Brest City Executive
Committee insists on the latter variant in order to be able to pass
the territory of the building to some new investors.
According
to the law, dwellers can be evicted from the buildings which have the
status of historical value, only on their own agreements. The
dwellers don't agree to be evicted from their house and decided to
protect their rights by going to court.
