a bill to enforce the SRU law

LFI deputy François Piquemal presented Thursday in Nice, “dunce cap of the SRU law”, a bill intended to enforce regulatory quotas for social housing.

In December, the Abb Pierre Foundation report revealed that 64% of municipalities affected by the law did not respect their objectives production of social housing over the period 2020-2022.

We cannot have mayors who make efforts for national solidarity and others (…) who secede from the Republic, explained Mr. Piquemal. With 2.4 million social housing applications pending, we can no longer have exemptions.

His bill tabled on December 21 provides for make financial sanctions systematic but also the transfer from the mayor to the prefect of the authority to grant building permits and the right of first refusal on housing sold.

A housing subject that is nevertheless crucial Nice

Nice is particularly targeted because it holds the donkey’s cap of the SRU law and (that its mayor Christian) Estrosi is a repeat offender, denounced the deputy in front of the town hall. Between 2002 and 2022, Nice went from 10.7% social housing to 14.2%, still very far from the 25% imposed by law. And even if it regularly falls short of its set objectives, it has never been sanctioned.

With 21% of residents below the poverty line, prices among the most expensive in France and a rental stock limited by the rise of seasonal rentals and second homes, housing is a crucial subject in Nice. Nearly 31,000 applications for social housing are pending and those who access public housing can no longer leave it given the amount of rents for private housing.

On December 11, Mr. Estrosi (Horizons) declared himself for the first time in favor of a form of control of these rents, a measure undertaken in several large cities (Paris, Lyon, Lille, etc.). But ten days later, the town hall buried the idea via a press release after a meeting with professionals in the sector, who highlighted the risk of seeing owners withdraw from rental investment.