INTERVIEW
"This reproach is not justified," assures Ian Brossat. Wednesday morning, Rachida Dati, LR candidate for mayor of Paris, had denounced on Europe 1 a "cavalry operation" conducted according to her by Anne Hidalgo to social landlords. "We ask them to make advances of decades of rent. And therefore this shortfall, it will be 1.15 billion less for the future mayor of Paris," said the candidate, referring to "trickery". Ian Brossat, deputy mayor of Paris, responded to these accusations at the microphone of Europe 1. "All this is legal, transparent, and gives rise to votes in the council of Paris", he underlines.
What system is challenged by Rachida Dati?
The process mentioned by Rachida Dati comes under a provision allowing a town hall to "sell" part of its housing heritage to social landlords. This "sale" actually takes place only for a limited period, from 50 to 70 years. And it is concluded thanks to a very specific method of calculation: social landlords pay in one go the cumulative amount of all the rents they will receive as long as they operate the dwellings. The town hall thus collects the money in one go and the sums count only for the municipal budget of a single year. Future municipal teams will therefore have no control over it, for 50 to 70 years. "I assume our policy. It is the result of a democratic deliberation", supports Ian Brossat on Europe 1.
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The problem, according to Rachida Dati, is that this sum is not used to finance the social housing policy of Paris (a long-term strategy), but to make up for the general deficit of the city to reduce its debt at an instant "T" . "That is to say that we strip social landlords, we ask them 1.15 billion since 2016 - and it continues - to be able to do what? Make up for part of the deficit. It is so badly managed that ask social landlords to make advances of decades of rent. And so this shortfall will be 1.15 billion less for the future mayor of Paris [...] I understand better why all social housing from the east, from the north of Paris are completely degraded, "deplores Rachida Dati, requesting an" audit "for more" transparency ".
"This reproach is not justified", assures Ian Brossat
On Europe 1, Ian Brossat formally denies. "These funds are used to rehabilitate 4,000 to 5,000 social housing units per year, and to build new ones," said the elected official. Before concluding: "We can be criticized in the world, but this one is not justified."