Emmanuelle Cosse wants to extend rent control – Le Figaro

The Housing Minister wants to extend rent control beyond Paris and Lille. It also reflects the renewal in 2017 of the rental investment Pinel device.

In Paris, Lille and elsewhere. In August 2014, the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, had kindly buried rent regulation. Alur according to law, adopted in March 2014, it should apply in 28 major cities. The former Minister of Housing EELV, Emmanuelle Cosse, do not see it that way.

Wednesday, during a review of the implementation of the Alur law, she said that other cities should be involved. “Grenoble begins the implementation of its observatory rents, she says. In a year and a half to two years, she will implement rent control. There is also debate the Paris suburbs “A political declaration whose practical significance should be put into perspective. In less than a year and a half, a new president will be elected. And nobody knows if it will repeal rent control or it will defend an extensive application of this measure. Prior to these elections, in any case, Lille will be subject to rent regulation. “It will come into force in Lille end of 2016,” said Emmanuelle Cosse. After Paris, where rent control is in force since August 2015, Lille will be the second city in France to go under this scheme.

efficiency Recognition Pinel

There are no good news for landlords who nevertheless cause for comfort. Although the Greens are not very fans of rental investment devices, Emmanuelle Cosse recognizes the effectiveness of the “Pinel” and considering the renewal next year of this tool budgeted for the moment only until the end of 2016 . “There is a clear will to extend the tools that are useful for housing construction, said Minister of housing. Pinel and the device works fine. Currently, there is a discussion as to whether it will be extended. “

Meanwhile, Wednesday Emmanuelle Cosse assured after-sales service of the Alur law defended at the time by another Green, Cécile Duflot. Because if the public has learned from this text that rent regulation, he swept many other topics. “On 75 implementing decrees, 48 ​​were released and 20 others are being adopted. By the end of the summer, 90% for the implementation of the law will Alur out, “says Emmanuelle Cosse.

The Alur law respected evil

Already, a series of measures included in the law are effective. For example, slum landlords recognized as such by the court no longer have the right to buy housing for rent; Realtors are forced to follow fourteen hours of continuing education per year; trustees can no longer manage on a single bank account movements related to all the condos they manage: they must open an account for each condominium …

Still, some measures might be applicable, they are poorly respected. The Alur law imposed a number of rules for real estate agents. A recent survey of What UFC choose demonstrated their little followed. Thus, 89% of agencies still ask prospective tenants of banned documents (family record book, marriage contract …). “We will strengthen control of the DGCCRF for the law to be respected,” promises Emmanuelle Cosse.