Bruno Bernard, here on July 2 for his election as president of the metropolis of Lyon. - Bony / SIPA

  • The town hall and the metropolis of Lyon went green on June 28.
  • After a first working meeting of the new executive of the metropolis of Lyon, its president Bruno Bernard spoke to the press about the first projects that he intends to launch this summer.
  • Among them, we find the experimentation of a “young RSA” and the supervision of rents, which have soared in recent years in Lyon.

New president of the metropolis of Lyon for a week, Bruno Bernard unveiled his "priority projects" for the summer on Thursday. With an imposing budget of 3.5 billion euros, this metropolis conquered by environmentalists, like the town hall of Lyon, will notably focus on two symbolic files, the experimentation of a "young RSA" and the rents.

Recalling that one in five young people in France lives below the poverty line and that the health crisis has only worsened the situation of many precarious young people, Bruno Bernard thus indicates that he will "seek authorization from the State "forexperience a “young RSA” . The new executive could devote 10 million euros to this project mentioned during the campaign, in order to launch a working group on the subject.

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"The hunt for sleep merchants"

Likewise, rent control is one of the summer projects in the metropolitan area of ​​Lyon. A file will be submitted in the coming weeks to the State services to launch the procedure "from 2021" in "areas in tension". Bruno Bernard announces that he wants to "hunt sleep merchants" thanks to "a proactive policy". The objective is "to allow each inhabitant to be able to access decent, affordable and quality housing".

In this sense, the elected EELV wants to launch a "housing brigade", which will be responsible for controlling and enforcing the new rules for rent control, as well as those applying to the rental of furnished accommodation of the Airbnb type. Bruno wants to “stimulate the first strong actions to transform Lyon into an ecological and united metropolis. "

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  • Lyon
  • Municipal
  • Rent control
  • Metropolises
  • Rsa
  • EELV