The president of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF), David Lisnard, announced on Wednesday that 19% of large cities will increase the property tax this year, while stressing that it will be indexed to inflation for the whole of between them.
There are 19% of the municipalities which will increase their property tax rate, therefore 81% of the municipalities which will not increase it, indicated the mayor LR of Cannes on Radio J, questioned on this tax which constitutes one of the the only tax levers still available to mayors since the abolition of housing tax on main residences.
The president of the AMF, however, acknowledged that the land tax will automatically increase in all municipalities because it is adjusted by the amount of inflation.
The rise in property taxes has given rise to controversies between the municipalities and the government, the image of Paris where their 52% increase wanted this year by the PS mayor Anne Hidalgo was criticized by the ministers Clément Beaune and Gabriel Attal, who we lend municipal ambitions in 2026.
According to the National Union of Property Owners (Unpi), the property tax as a whole (base and rate) increased by an average of 4.7% between 2021 and 2022 in the 200 largest cities in the country.
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