The housing issue did not really shine during the presidential campaign. None of the candidates took up the subject frankly. However, it arises, barely re-elected President Emmanuel Macron, through the prism of purchasing power for which he wants to hit hard. It is rumored that the new government could follow the call of the association Consumption, housing and living environment (CLCV) and freeze rents for twelve months from 1er next July.
+5% by the end of the year
In question, the inflation caused by the war in Ukraine, which reflects on the reference index of rents (IRL), which allows owners to increase the rent once a year. Reassessed quarterly IRL jumped from 2.48% over a year as of April 16, ” unheard of since 2009! “, warns the CLCV in a press release.
Inflation projections established by the Banque de France – 3.7% for the year 2022 “ and close to 4% at least until September “, and even 4.4% in the degraded scenario – raise fears of an outbreak of the IRL “more than 5% by the end of the yearanticipates the CLCV. Tenants will not be able to cope with such increases! » Rents (and real estate loans for that matter) represent « 25 to 40% of the household budget “.
Bad start
The owners’ associations were quick to react. ” When it comes to attacking private property, the imagination is in power. Let’s freeze property taxes instead (three times inflation in ten years) exclaimed on Twitter on May 22 the president of the National Union of Property Owners, Christophe Demerson. A few days before, his spokesman Pierre Hautus recalled on RTL that the owners also suffer from inflation: charges, property taxes, cost of work, mandatory energy renovation…
.@PierreHautus was on #RTL with @PascalPraud on #rentalfreeze
He recalled that the owners also suffer from inflation (charges, property taxes, cost of work, mandatory energy renovation, etc.)
He urges caution so as not to bring the rental market to a standstill https://t.co/Wb13xTGX9L— UNPI France • 25 million owners (@UNPI_FR) May 19, 2022
At this stage, nothing has yet been decided at Bercy, reports The Parisian. The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, would have asked for an expertise on the consequences of a rent freeze. But, on this question, the new Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, declared Friday May 20 on the set of TF1 “ beware of false good ideas “.