eyeAll you have to do is start a call on social networks and the evidence will come. Charles, a permanent executive with a net income of 2,000 euros, wants to move out of an Arcacon apartment that he rents for 850 euros per month. “A real thermal sieve. » He spends eight hours at work and another eight hours tracking roofs at real estate agency sites. in vain “Few goods available and exorbitant prices,” he wrote.
Crystal ended her relationship with her son’s father. She wants to rent an apartment for herself and her child. There too…
eyeAll you have to do is start a call on social networks and the evidence will come. Charles, a permanent executive with a net income of 2,000 euros, wants to move out of an Arcacon apartment that he rents for 850 euros per month. “A real thermal sieve. » He spends eight hours at work and another eight hours tracking roofs at real estate agency sites. in vain “Few goods available and exorbitant prices,” he wrote.
Crystal ended her relationship with her son’s father. She wants to rent an apartment for herself and her child. There, too, near Saint-Maixent (33), she despaired. She dreamed of accommodation with two bedrooms for 430 euros, max. “But I can’t get anything at this price. And when I get rent for a few euros more, it’s rejected, because I have to prove a salary corresponding to three times the amount of rent. I’m on a permanent contract for 31 hours per week. I am, I earn 1,286 euros net… No matter how much assistance I can justify from CAF, nothing helps. The only solution would be social housing, but the waiting list is very, very long. » So, for eight months, Christel has been in her sleeping in the son’s room she previously shared with her partner. “It’s not practical anymore. » Kristel has to resign herself to a one-bedroom apartment for 430 euros and sleep in the living room…
Supply decreases, demand increases
Other situations make you shiver. Single women, elderly or disabled, must give up their rents when their owner wants to repossess the property to sell it. Finding a roof over their heads in a tight market is an obstacle course, whether they live in the Basque Country, Dordogne or Charente-Maritime. A request for a guarantor (for a widow) as well as a pension equal to three times the amount of rent, a request for a permanent contract for a disabled person who can no longer work and who receives fixed assistance from the state… with the ghost of the street over their heads, dead. is over. Their owners are patient while they search for a solution. Sometimes they can’t or don’t want to.
“The rise in the cost of credit has slowed down access to property. People are abandoning their buys and renting”
If every school year, students’ difficulties in finding housing make the news throughout the year, as the housing crisis deepens, working people, retirees and families find themselves facing a lack of rent. During its survey published last August, the National Real Estate Federation (Fnaim) projected a decrease in New Aquitaine by 38% in 2022 – compared to an average of 34% in 2023 in properties available for rent. Half of the agencies surveyed had fewer than ten properties to offer and one in ten had none… and this, while demand is growing: +23% in France, +28% in New Aquitaine. The increase is partially linked to a decrease in the volume of real estate transactions. “The rise in the cost of credit has slowed down access to property. People are abandoning their purchases and renting. The turnover in rental properties is slowing down,” emphasized Vincent Paulo, president of Fnaim Nouvelle-Aquitaine. “It goes without saying that the new Housing construction has almost stopped while its inherent costs have increased. As a result, apartment sizes have shrunk and there is little new family housing. »
According to Vincent Paulo, president of Fnaim Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Compensation measures for furnished tourist accommodation have little effect, freeing up furnished accommodation that is smaller and more expensive than traditional unfurnished rentals.
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Tax incentives
Demand increases when supply decreases. Tourist accommodation has been chosen and many municipalities or communities of municipalities have taken action. Vincent Paulo, a Lucian, is wary of the consequences of these steps. “We have established compensation in the Basque Country. The result? Just 3% more housing in the year-round rental market: small and furnished apartments, therefore 10 to 15% more expensive than conventional rents. » And also condemning “government measures that prevent owners: rent control, abolition of housing tax often increases property tax, ban on renting housing to DPE F and G and therefore necessary. Renovation with high costs. Instead of a stick, we Carrots are needed and therefore encourage owners to rent with tax measures. It is urgent. »
Philippe, independent, 51 years old, located in Cap Breton (40), was forced to relocate, his private landlord wants his house back. On his own and without a pay slip, for ten months, he was unable to meet the demands of the owners who became more serious in a very tight market. He ended up selling one of his things and bought himself an apartment…
