Carole Ferry 2:57 p.m., April 18, 2022

Members of associations of the poorly housed are gathered this Monday in front of the HQs of the two presidential candidates.

They believe that the issue of housing has not been addressed enough in this campaign.

And Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, who will face each other in the second round, have very different proposals on this subject.

Europe 1 takes stock.

If housing was the great absentee from the presidential campaign for the first round, largely eclipsed by questions of purchasing power, security, the war in Ukraine, employment, climate... it nevertheless remains at the heart of the concerns the French.

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, who will face each other in the second round on April 24, have very different proposals on this subject.

For the latter, the central point is to give national priority in access to social housing while the outgoing president wants to build and renovate.

Facilitate access to housing

On paper, the two candidates want to facilitate access to housing.

Emmanuel Macron, for his part, wishes to extend the Visale deposit - now reserved for young people - to all French people.

The idea is that there is no longer any need for guarantors when you rent accommodation.

The State would in fact stand surety directly, knowing that there are actually very few unpaid bills, namely less than 3% of rents.

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Somewhat in the same spirit, Marine Le Pen wants to create a rental guarantee fund to protect landlords.

Here too a form of insurance against non-payment, but it remains to be seen how this fund would be financed.

The candidate of the National Rally wishes above all to facilitate access to property.

For example, she wants to make real estate loans portable from one dwelling to another: the objective is not to have to renegotiate a loan when you move after a change in circumstances such as the arrival of a child.

The loan would just be tailored to your new situation.

More real estate wealth tax for Le Pen

Regarding construction, Marine Le Pen wants to create 100,000 social housing units per year, including 20,000 for students and young workers.

She also wants to abolish the tax on real estate wealth, implemented by Emmanuel Macron. 

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The president-candidate wishes to transfer responsibility for construction to local authorities.

The idea is that the State no longer decides housing policies in Paris, but that it happens locally, according to needs, with simplified administrative procedures.

He also wants to maintain the PrimeRénov 'subsidies that allow energy saving work to be carried out, with the objective of 700,000 renovations in five years.