This is the next political battle in France. The housing crisis: not enough homes available, too few buildings, rising interest rates, and French people who are finding it increasingly difficult to buy or rent. All parties, from the extreme right to the extreme left, have taken up the subject. Emmanuel Macron’s camp is due to unveil its proposals on Monday. Sensitive and potentially explosive terrain.
” We enter a perfect storm “, a huge storm, warns Marc Ferracci. This deputy of the majority also asks his Macronist colleagues to fasten their belts. THE accommodation, this is the first item of expenditure for the French, everyone is concerned. So much so that the government is moving very, very cautiously. Announcements were planned for May 9 as part of a national refoundation council. But the CNR housing was finally postponed to next Monday. 20 measures will be presented, “ consensual and feasible in the near future “, assures the government. And it is Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne herself who will unveil the executive’s plan.
Caution at the Elysée
Officially, this CNR has been postponed for scheduling reasons. But it is the Élysée which has pressed the brakes. The measures were not ambitious enough for Emmanuel Macron. The very discreet Minister of Housing, Olivier Klein, had to review his copy. Because the presentation of this plan will be a ” important moment said the head of state last week behind closed doors at the Council of Ministers. What put pressure on his teams.
Reclaim the middle classes
After the forced passage on pensions, Emmanuel Macron is betting a lot on this file to reconnect with the French. May 10 in the magazine Challenges, he thus promised a “double shock”: to build more housing and to simplify the deadlines. It’s good, but almost too late for the sector. The executive did not react quickly enough for housing stakeholders who are calling for emergency measures and warning of a ” economic, social and societal bomb “. A ” slow and sure poison “, according to the boss of the real estate company Nexity. A minister even speaks of a risk of ” vest-yellowing “. ” We need an overall vision because we need to overturn the table “Warns walking deputy Marc Ferracci.
The oppositions mobilized
The oppositions have also grasped the issue of housing. And they have already taken up the subject. On the left, Nupes is considering presenting a joint project and preparing a meeting on the subject at the Assembly in early July. On the right, the Republican deputies organized a thematic convention this week. At the Rassemblement national, we also prepare ” offensive proposals “In the words of an influential RN deputy who summarizes:” this is the current file “. And the oppositions are determined not to leave the field open to the government on a subject that weighs heavily in the lives of the French.