A consultation must be initiated at the beginning of next year on the subject.
The message is clear. And it is primarily aimed at local elected officials. “There will be no return to housing tax on main residences”said Catherine Vautrin, Minister of Partnership with Territories and Decentralization in an interview with Le Parisien.
The housing tax, which was abolished by Emmanuel Macron, is today limited to second homes. Within the framework of a constrained budget and savings to be made, several voices were raised to demand its return and have a significant windfall for local taxation. It won't.
“There is nothing free”
However, the minister has heard the call and promises to “resume work relating to taxation which had been started by elected officials from the CFL, the Local Finance Committee.” She assures that there will be no “no new tax, but we must think about possible participation in living in the city or village” and asserts “There is nothing free”.
It is too early to put it in place and it will be the subject of consultation with local elected officials at the beginning of 2025 as part of a broader approach on the “the participation of our fellow citizens in the entire use of the city”.
