If La France Insoumise (LFI) did not obtain Matignon, to the great happiness of the owners, its proposals do not satisfy them. Quite the contrary. It was first of all the ban on evicting bad-paying tenants, demanded by LFI during the early legislative elections, which enraged them. Because it was conditional on an obligation to rehouse them. Enough to make owners fear an explosion in voluntarily unpaid rent. This aberration ultimately did not see the light of day because LFI did not win the battle for Matignon.
The next proposition? Tighten the taxation of second homes. The Insoumis deputies succeeded in passing an amendment to the 2025 budget, allowing all municipalities to increase the housing tax on second homes. As this vote took place in committee and not in the hemicycle, it has no immediate consequences. And perhaps there will be none if the government triggers 49.3.
And the last one? It will delight tenants and much less the owners. It is also a question of generalizing throughout France a system validated, reluctantly and on an experimental basis, by Emmanuel Macron in 2018: rent control. Currently, it is permitted only in cities that request it and after validation by the government, as provided for by the law of November 23, 2018.
“Multiple owners do not respect the law”
«The problem is that there are municipalities which are not proactiveretorts François Piquemal, LFI deputy for Haute-Garonne. We see that there are a certain number of multi-owners who do not respect the law.» His bill also includes “freezing the rental benchmark index at 0% which allows landlords to increase rents at the rate of inflation» et «an increase in the tax rate on land capital gains» to regulate land prices.
Contacted by Le Figarothe Minister of Housing warns against generalization “dangerous». «Now is the time for housing production. However, rent control is a measure that can discourage investors. Without evaluation, it is dangerous to generalize», reacts Valérie Létard who specifies that a “assessment (rent control) will be launched next year“. Its results will be known in 2026.
In accordance with the program defended by the New Popular Front during the legislative elections, the LFI deputy defends “the establishment of a universal rent guarantee» pour «protect small landlords and tenants when they have difficulty paying» and avoid landlords asking “private guarantees or crazy documents“. There is currently an insurance called “unpaid rent guarantee”, taken out by the lessor and which requires that the tenant proves a stable and sufficient income. For precarious people, the Visale guarantee, recently extended to seasonal workers, allows you to ask Action Logement to act as guarantor.
