“Instead of paying 1100 euros, I pay 1800”: record increases in property tax (to be paid at the moment)

The deadline is getting closer. Like every year at this time, several tens of millions of French owners must free themselves from their obligation to pay property tax (until Sunday October 20 at midnight for those who pay online). However, for more than a decade, this tax has continued to increase.

Nationally, on average, an increase of almost 33% can be reported (even though the prices of consumer products increased by 19%). Occasionally, it is often even much more. For example, in Strasbourg, the property tax has increased by 52% in ten years, 48% in Nantes, 45% in Marseille.

But the more modest municipalities are not left out. In Linay, in Yvelines, this levy jumped by… 135.8% during this same period. In just three years, a resident interviewed by TF1 has seen the difference. “Instead of paying 1100, 1200, I pay 1800 and some”he testifies in the report to be found at the top of this article. As a result, when some have gained purchasing power with the abolition of the housing tax, the owners we met have the impression of paying all the more. “I tell you frankly, the housing tax has been abolished, but they recover it on the other side”confirms a local. “Sometimes, we wonder if it’s a good idea to buy or not? Because we find ourselves paying the loan and paying the property tax. And we pay this for life”adds another woman, at the microphone of 8 p.m. on TF1.

Questioned about this increase, the municipality explains that it had no choice in meeting new expenses. “We were deprived of several sources of financing which were essential for us. The professional tax, the housing tax. We were forced to increase the only tax that remained to us, and the one that remains to us today, which is the property tax”underlines Stéphane Moïse, general director of city services.

In Limoges too, household wallets took a hit. Here, the property tax has increased by more than 50%, much more than inflation. “We suffer, we pay. And then there you go, pay and close it,” protested a resident. “We need to invest to renovate schools, renovate gymnasiums and buildings”justifies Vincent Jalby, 1st deputy for educational policy (Modem) of the metropolis with more than 133,000 inhabitants. “And then, we also need to support major projects, whether around sport, at the Palais des Sports or on the banks of Vienna”he says again.

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