Rising house prices worries Appeared
Secretary of State for Housing returns including the removal of stacking individual housing for students and the half-tax share for dependent children.
LE FIGARO. – Do you react when prices of the older building are divided on the rise?
Benoist appeared. – These price increases are not good. What can be done to curb them? First, hire a real estate policy. Today, there is not enough land available. And that contributes to higher prices. We are moving ahead on the transparency of real estate prices. Currently, there are so many statistics that no one is confused. To provide clarity, we label the most reliable statistics. Finally, we are working on increasing housing supply in areas strained.Because if prices rise faster in Paris (15% in one year) than in France (+8.5%) (as Century 21, Ed), is that supply is insufficient. For example, in the next aid reform homeownership, people who buy new in the tension zone will be helped more than those who buy into the old to the same place. This will encourage developers to produce more housing.
The removal of stacking individual housing for students and the half-tax share for dependent children is debatable. Why did you make that decision?
It's a fairness issue. Families choose the device which is more favorable. The PLA is the only student for personal housing without means testing. Today, 535,000 homes add to the LPA half share in the income tax.Obviously, this does not affect the poorest households, who pay no income tax. And the higher the income, the higher the benefit of the half-tax share is important. We wanted to put an end to this combination. Now he must choose between the PLA or the half-tax share. According to our estimates, 70% of households will retain the PLA, the more financially attractive. This measure will come into effect in September 2011. And allow the state to save $ 200 million.
The contribution of EUR 340 million requested for social landlords has also brought controversy. How do you explain that?
This measure allows the equalization of implementing a major goal: to build more where the needs are! Of the 800 social landlords, 10% to 15% build and invest very little. In the middle, we call them "plump dormant.Especially we ask for them in 2011 an effort of solidarity to implement this equalization of 340 million euros. These amounts will be redistributed to many social landlords who build in areas where land is expensive and where the needs are increasingly important. For this contribution does not result in an excessive increase in rents, I hope the IRL (benchmark rents) is now a target growth that social landlords will not exceed.
How do you respond to social landlords who say it will lead them to build 20,000 homes in less than in 2011?
In late 2008, donors had social capital of 6.5 billion euros. That still leaves them real freedom of maneuver. Furthermore, the terms of participation and redistribution of these 340 million will be discussed with the world HLM.But we will maintain our high level of funding for social housing with government intervention 10 billion.
In 2011, Action Housing (formerly 1% Housing) Will there still subsidized to the tune of 1.25 billion euros the National Housing Agency and the national agency for urban renewal?
Yes and it's not a surprise. This contribution of 1.25 billion was provided for three years from 2009 to 2011. This will keep the government's commitments in the fight against fuel poverty, urban renewal, renovation of old neighborhoods and degraded fight against substandard housing. Already, we are discussing with Action Housing to determine its future contributions. And we have no plans to increase it.