In Corsica, the “village preference” in the face of the real estate frenzy

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Faced with an explosion in land prices and the number of second homes, municipalities are offering cut prices to allow locals to find accommodation.

From our correspondent in Bastia, Julian Mattei

VS’is a plot of just over one hectare, about fifteen kilometers from the popular seaside resort of Calvi (Haute-Corse). Ordinarily, this well-exposed land with a view of the sea at the entrance to the “balcony village” of Lavatoggio, which overlooks the Aregno valley, could have been given over to the construction of yet another tourist residence or a huge real estate project. This will not be the case. This municipality of 150 inhabitants acquired, a few months ago, this large plot with a view to a completely different destination: the creation of a municipal housing estate.

Objective: to fight against real estate speculation. “With soaring prices, young people can no longer find housing, and even less access to property,” observes François Croce, the autonomist mayor of Lavatoggio. For a household with…

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