The PS program plans to remove habitat unworthy

Should boost the construction of housing, promote accession to the property, flat back the system of aid, or even supervise rents So far, the potential presidential candidates preferred to écharper on the map of the school, rather than discuss the housing crisis remedies. Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister of employment, social cohesion and housing, praises his stimulus program of construction and restructuring of neighbourhoods in difficulty. Almost 80,000 housing were conducted last year, from 42,000 in 2000. "Demagogy!", replies the Socialist Party, pointing out that three-fourths are housing social luxury, inaccessible to the most disadvantaged.

The "Robien" indictment

The figures are alarming: the France account between 1 and 1.4 million social housing applicants. Experts agree on a total of 1 million people almost deprived of personal home, number to be add 3 million people in a situation very difficult. On the ground, the Mayor of Cachan is unable to find accommodation for the squatters evicted, who refuse the proposals too little perennial rehousing in subsidized by the prefectures hotels. The PS program plans to remove habitat unworthy... without specifying how. The slogan "Zero SDF" of Lionel Jospin in the last presidential campaign is no longer the order of the day, but the left invents the "shield housing." A formula for avoiding modest households have to spend more than a quarter of their income in rent. The PS wants to achieve each year 120,000 HLM, funded in part by the removal of the "Robien", the tax benefit for individual investors to lease. Intended to boost rental construction, this mechanism has had much success, or even too. He is accused of having created an oversupply in province of medium-sized towns, there where markets are not strained. Thierry Repentin, near Socialist Senator of Ségolène Royal, has calculated that a "Robien" represents a loss of profits tax from 22,000 to 33,000 euros by housing while the State pays 11,000 euros rental loan for social use (more) awarded builders organizations.

Housing: temporary leases

Right, Nicolas Sarkozy actually did speak on the subject once, on 14 September, at a convention entitled "against poverty, allow everyone to be owner". The President of the UMP believes that "for too many French, the dream of home ownership is mirage." "It is a certain cause of the distress of many of our fellow citizens." Blaming the Socialist project of "cover the France of HLM and to sanction the Commons that do not meet the threshold of 20 of housing", the Minister of the Interior said that we cannot be satisfied with a situation in which the public community helps two French three accommodation. He prefers to "promote the property" through a unique tax product. A deduction would be granted to each investor, but those who praised modest people would be more help.

Should summarize the left/right opposition to the social role of each play to the HLM and emphasis on the other to the home ownership If simple step. Of course, the UMP will require housing organizations they sell each year 1 of their heritage. Inheritance and progress, close to the right, club proposes even temporary leases for the inhabitants of the HLM, to force them to free apartments if their incomes increase and exceed the legal thresholds. A suggestion by the officials of these organizations, who argue that it is really not the moment of precarious more modest households. Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, former Minister of housing, now ally of Laurent Fabius, insists his side on the importance of the social home ownership and refuses the "pauvrisme" that when households in the HLM.