“How shy! » Franck Rolland, spokesperson for the National Collective of Permanent Residents, which brings together around forty organizations across France, and Julien Bayou, deputy (Europe Ecologie-Les Verts) from Paris, had the same reaction when they learned of the proposals. adopted by the government for “fight against the attrition of permanent housing in tourist areas”presented on Tuesday 18 July.
Many elected officials, from La France insoumise to the Les Républicains party, as well as the actors who had participated in the National Council for Refoundation, had called for strong action by the State on this aspect of the housing crisis. While a working group met for several months on the subject, the government favors “new measures to give local elected officials the means to find the right balance”according to the title of the press kit.
The first objective is to“to inform, to sensitize, to accompany”. In terms of long-awaited regulation, the government recalls its objective of making long-term rentals more attractive from a tax point of view than short-term rentals, the number of which has exploded with the development of platforms such as Airbnb, Abritel or Booking.
The precise arbitrations are, on the other hand, referred to the finance bill, which will be presented in the fall. However, recommendations were made in a report of the general inspections, in June 2022, then refined in a cross-party bill of April 2023 tabled by the deputies Annaïg Le Meur (Renaissance, Finistère) and Inaki Echaniz (Socialist Party, Pyrenees -Atlantic).
In addition, the government recalls the imminent publication of the decree extending from 1,100 to 3,700 the number of municipalities authorized to increase, up to 60%, the housing tax on second homes and to regulate seasonal rentals. “Barely more than 10% of the municipalities will be concerned! And how many will have the means to carry out checks, knowing that they are not the ones who will collect the fines? »asks Julien Bayou, who launched a platform in April calling for a framework for furnished tourist accommodation.
Limit the development of second homes
The municipalities will also be responsible for deciding whether they prohibit the short-term rental of G-class thermal colanders, from 2025. The Minister of Housing, Olivier Klein, had however promised to generalize this ban, in order to prevent energy-intensive housing from , gradually banned from long-term rental, are transformed into furnished tourist accommodation.
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