“There will be no return to the housing tax”, assures Minister Catherine Vautrin

The answer is no. Faced with rumors of a possible return of the housing tax, abolished by Emmanuel Macron, the Minister of Partnership with the Territories and Decentralization assured in an interview with ParisianSunday November 3, that“there will be no return to housing tax on main residences”.

“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 enable communities to better control their resources”continues Catherine Vautrin.

However, this would not involve a new tax, assures the minister, referring to “possible participation in living in the city or village”. And to specify: “This point will in any case not be included in this budget. I would like to open a consultation with local elected officials in early 2025.”

An amendment tabled by the left

Emmanuel Macron's campaign promise in 2017, the housing tax, gradually eliminated between 2018 and 2023, returns to the debate in the midst of a budget shortage. While the government is preparing to call on local authorities to restore the country's finances, several elected officials have called in recent days for the return of the housing tax on main residences, like Mayor LR of Meaux. , Jean-François Copé.

“The big mistake of the five-year term was the abolition of the housing tax”he judged at the end of October. “We should imagine another form of tax”he added, evoking “a tax on residence” who would come “cancel the existence of the property tax and the old housing tax”and who “would concern everyone except the most modest”.

On the left, MP David Guiraud (La France insoumise) tabled an amendment as part of the budget review in order to restore the housing tax on main residences for the 20% of the richest households, but he This is the only amendment in this sense at the Palais-Bourbon.