During an interview with our colleagues from Le Parisien, the Minister of Partnership with the Territories and Decentralization, Catherine Vautrin, put an end to rumors of a return of the housing tax.
However, she said she was “ready to resume work relating to taxation”.
The abolition of the housing tax was a marker of Emmanuel Macron's policy. Catherine Vautrin assured, in an interview with The Parisian published this Saturday, November 2, do not want to return to it, despite the request of certain local elected officials, due to a very degraded budgetary situation for the communities. “There will be no return to housing tax on main residences”indicates the minister.
“On the other hand, I am ready to resume work relating to taxation which had been started by elected officials from the CFL, the Local Finance Committee. We probably need to look at how we can allow communities to better control their resources”, she adds.
A consultation with local elected officials in early 2025
No new tax on the horizon but the minister would nevertheless like to think about “a participation in living in a town or village”. “I would like to open a consultation with local elected officials at the beginning of 2025. We are having a nationwide reflection on the link between the participation of our fellow citizens in the entire use of the city”. According to her, France already has a high rate of compulsory deductions: “We will ensure that it does not increase, but rather reduce it over time.”
The Association of Mayors of France (AMF) for its part proposes a “citizen contribution to public service”. “It's not ridiculous. Without recreating a form of housing tax, making everyone responsible for the importance of the cost seems to me to correspond to a requirement that we cannot do without”, replies the minister.
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