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Volunteer builders help people in France improve unsafe housing
Les Travaux suspendus organizes volunteer building work to help people in France who cannot afford repairs or better housing.
The project brings together construction professionals and seeks donations from companies, clients and others to cover costs.
In Condillac, in the Drôme, it is helping spirulina farmer Julien Tamigneaux, who had been living in a caravan and then a former office.
About 20 artisans are working for 10 days to add a room and bathroom and improve insulation.
Most of the workers are volunteers, and Julien will pay €2,300 for the two-week project.
The work aims to make his living conditions safer and more comfortable while keeping future housing costs down.
The project has completed 10 such works in four years, mostly in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Les Travaux suspendus organizes volunteer building projects to help people in France improve unsafe or precarious housing.
At a farm in Condillac, about 20 tradespeople are building a room and sanitary facilities and improving insulation for Julien Tamigneaux.
The work is expected to take 10 days, and Tamigneaux will pay 2,300 euros.
The project has completed 10 such worksites in four years, mainly in the Rhône-Alpes region.
- Who
- Les Travaux suspendus, tradespeople and other building professionals, are helping people in difficulty, including Julien Tamigneaux.
- What
- Volunteers are carrying out building work to improve precarious housing.
- When
- The article was published on 9 November 2026. Work at Tamigneaux’s farm is expected to take 10 days.
- Where
- At Tamigneaux’s farm in Condillac, in the Drôme, France.
- Why
- The project aims to tackle inadequate housing and help people who cannot afford necessary work.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Julien Tamigneaux took over a spirulina farm where no housing had been built.
Work had begun at his farm, replacing the sound of wind in the leaves with the noise of tools.
About 20 tradespeople are scheduled to take turns building a room and sanitary facilities and improving the insulation.
Les Travaux suspendus has completed 10 solidarity building projects, mainly in the Rhône-Alpes region.
- Project
- Les Travaux suspendus
- Worksite
- Condillac, Drôme
- Workers
- About 20 tradespeople
- Expected work duration
- 10 days
- Tamigneaux’s contribution
- 2,300 euros
- Projects completed
- 10 in four years
What people are saying
Our aim in France is to fight inadequate housing by organizing solidarity building projects that bring together tradespeople and building professionals. We ask companies, clients, everyone, to make donations so we can turn them into building work.
On my own, it would have been unthinkable. Impossible to do this. It’s moving fast. A lot is happening. It’s incredible.
Some people give 10 euros, others 100, and others more.