A new law aims to increase the rent of many HLM tenants.
It is a cleaver that all the tenants fear: the increase in their rent, a fortiori when it is a HLM. These dwellings, intended for the most modest households, concentrate 10.4 million people, according to the latest figures from the Social Union for Housing. If the cost of rental is low due to low household income, some may be forced to pay much more in the coming months.
Despite 2 million French people pending, the rules for obtaining social housing are not led to evolve. On the other hand, those that allow a family to stay there may soon be modified. 200,000 French people are targeted and are likely to pay the price.
Currently, when a single person is installed in an HLM, it must, each year, declare their income to the organization owner of the premises. If her annual income exceeds 38,429 euros in Paris and Île-de-France or 33,409 euros elsewhere in the country, then she has to pay a supplement, called Solidarity.
It is this ceiling amount that could soon change. It is planned to lower it by 20%. Thus, an overview could apply from € 32,024 in Paris and from € 27,841 in annual income in the provinces. The lowering of this ceiling would force 200,000 families to pay more, against 80,000 with the current rules.
Two examples. Martine lives in a 50m² HLM in Paris. She pays € 550 rent per month. Its income has increased and exceed the authorized ceiling. A surrender of € 42 per month could then apply. For the same accommodation in Valence, Luke pays € 300 per month. If he exceeds authorized income, he could be forced to pay 33.50 euros more per month. These are only hypothetical calculations because new formulas should be proposed.
The National Assembly must make a first vote on the subject on March 31. The bill is brought by macronist deputies Stéphane Vojetta and Guillaume Kasbarian, also ex-minister of housing. Five tenant associations (CNL, CLCV, CGL, CSF and AFOC) expressed their opposition to the measurement, denouncing a proposal for “log[er] Only the poorest and abandoned[er] Purely and simply the objective of social diversity in neighborhoods. “