Despite “positive progress”, one of the co-hosts of the National Council for Refoundation (CNR) on housing feels he has a “hangover” on Tuesday, the day after Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne’s announcements in an attempt to stem the crisis. Another co-host cites the progress made but regrets the plane of the zero-rate loan.
During a press briefing at the Abbé Pierre Foundation, its general delegate Christophe Robert spoke of a feeling of “hangover” after six months of work. “There are things that are not uninteresting, such as doubling the number of people who will benefit from the Visale guarantee, or the announcement of important measures to come on thermal renovation”, he admitted in not not failing to underline the “very rich work, beyond the differences” of the 200 participants.
“When we lose 30,000 homes a year, 30,000 households are not housed”
But “two major concerns” remain, including the absence of strong measures for social housing. “In terms of the production of social housing, we are facing a very significant drop. The government’s objective was 125,000 approved social housing units in 2022, there were 95,000 and this year we will be more at 80-85,000. When we lose 30,000 housing units per year, it’s 30,000 households that are not housed,” he noted.
Second concern: the absence of market regulation measures, whether on the control of land prices or on furnished tourist accommodation such as Airbnb, despite “a rare consensus” among the players. “It’s as if the idea of being able to regulate a little to allow our fellow citizens to find housing in better conditions (…) was not really the subject of concern for the government”, added Christophe Robert.
The CEO of Nexity, Véronique Bédague, also co-host of the CNR, cited progress achieved, such as the observation now shared by Matignon that the housing issue is “systemic”. But the announcements “sin” according to her on access to property for the most modest and young people.
“The individual houses that we despise so much and on which there is no longer a PTZ are the first prices”
“We extend but we significantly reduce the PTZ (zero rate loan, editor’s note). This PTZ which was accessible in the 35,000 municipalities of France “will only be so in” tense areas, 1,100 municipalities (…) where it is the most expensive “, she explained. “We do not treat our young people well (…). The individual houses that we despise so much and on which there is no longer a PTZ, it is the first prices, it is the most modest who have access to these houses, ”she added, predicting that “the housing crisis will catch up with the government”.
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