On the occasion of the European elections, the Republicans announce that they want to relax regulations on housing

The list led by Mr. Bellamy proposes in particular to “establish a five-year regulatory pause in the field of housing and construction at European and national level”.

MEPs approved on Tuesday in Strasbourg a text imposing the greening of the European real estate stock, deemed "disproportionate" by LR which denounces in particular an "insufficient" impact study, in a document sent to journalists.

François-Xavier Bellamy suggests “clearly returning” to this text. “We will also have to come back to this French law which requires buildings that are classified F and G (in the energy performance diagnosis, editor’s note) to be removed from the rental stock. We can clearly see to what extent this actually penalizes the most modest.”

“We are not abandoning the ambition of environmental transition, on the contrary, but we want an ecology that moves away from this logic of asphyxiation and that chooses to support people,” he continued.

He proposes to implement "a carbon tax credit for the transition to thermal renovation", in particular by electrifying housing heating, and "then that the State gives itself the means to produce carbon-free electricity".

On social housing, "a trap for assistance", the Republicans propose to "get out of the life lease", so that it is only a "transition". With the “lifetime lease, in a way we are trapped (…) Anyone who pays their rent every month in social housing will never invest,” continued Mr. Bellamy.

The low turnover also blocks “millions of families who are eligible for social housing in France but who will never see the color of it”.

LR also proposes to "simplify rental leases and protect owners" against "bad payers, dishonest tenants", added Céline Imart, number 2 on the list, who also pleaded for moving from a "punitive" ecology to an encouraging ecology".

Ten proposals were presented in Florange, including also the adaptation of the objective of Zero net artificialization (ZAN) “to the objective of construction of new housing which must be a national priority” or facilitate transmission between generations.