A small bomb dropped yesterday in an article in Paris Match, written on the basis of indiscretions to the government. And a scathing denial this morning from Bercy. Is the government really considering abolishing the APL? A priori, no, but the controversy has started.
The APL? It’s no use! costs us nearly 14 billion euros per year. And this money goes directly into the pockets of the owners. This quote, which opens the article by Paris Match posted online yesterday, Wednesday March 20, the magazine attributes it to a minister, without saying which one. Bercy has effectively embarked on a race for savings, and Paris Match thus dropped a little bombshell: within the government, the idea of eliminating personal housing assistance (APL) would no longer be a taboo…
In the same article, a Renaissance deputy estimates, also on condition of anonymity, that APLs do not help to lower prices, which would therefore justify making them a potential avenue for savings among the 20 billion euros that the government intends to find for the 2025 budget.
Immediately, political opponents of all sides were indignant. Just like housing defense associations, while taking the usual precautions since the information remains based exclusively on off-site information…
There are no plans to reform, eliminate or cut public housing assistance
Bercy categorically denies
I saw yesterday blossom, reacted the Minister for Public Accounts Thomas Cazenave on Franceinfo this Thursday, March 21 in the morning. There is no plan to reform, eliminate or cut back on public housing assistance, he declared, insisting: I repeat it here with the greatest clarity.
I don’t know where this information came from but I categorically deny it, he concluded in an attempt to extinguish the emerging controversy.