The National Assembly voted again on Tuesday the bill for the presidential majority against squatting, a text that worries the left and associations that fight against precarious housing.
Validated by 385 votes against 147, and 8 abstentions, the proposal, which has the support of the right and the RN, must now be examined in the second reading in the Senate, before a probable attempt at conciliation between deputies and senators.
With the support of the government, the author of the text Guillaume Kasbarian (Renaissance) wants to address an “important problem that outrages our fellow citizens”, that of illegal occupation.
“A far-right law”
The left criticized “an extreme right-wing law.” “More than harboring, it is preferred to repress”, the environmentalist Aurélien Taché launched in particular.
It is planned to triple the penalties incurred by squatters, up to three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros.
During the debates in session on Thursday, the left-wing deputies sought in vain to reconsider an aggregate of the senators in first reading: by this article, the judge will no longer be able to grant delays to squatters whose expulsion has been judicially ordered.
The bill also streamlines procedures in case of non-payment of rent. In particular, leases systematically provide for an “automatic termination clause”, which the owner can activate without having to take legal action.
end of winter break
The majority proposal was discussed at the end of the winter break on Friday, synonymous with the resumption of rental eviction procedures. Some 350 people demonstrated this Saturday in Paris against the return of these evictions and the bill, which “will contribute to the hunt for the poor orchestrated by Emmanuel Macron,” according to Eddie Jacquemart, president of the National Housing Confederation.
LFI MPs have tabled an “emergency bill to protect tenants from increased rents and charges”, and are calling for it to be placed on the agenda. Housing is a “social bomb”, according to its initiator, William Martinet.
Source: BFM TV
