Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 9:29:31 GMT
France, getting closer to reducing its squatting problem drastically . Last week, the French Parliament approved with 247 votes in favor and 91 against the bill aimed at toughening penalties against squatters. The text had been accepted in first reading by the National Assembly last December, despite protests from the left. Among the main penalties is punishing squatters with three years in prison .
According to the French Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti , the text is "balanced, because it reinforces the rights of owners without calling into question the protection of occupiers in good faith." This proposal is the latest in a long series aimed at protecting property owners from illegal occupation.
In 2020, the ASAP law already allowed victims Cambodia Telegram Number Data of illegal occupations to recover their property through a simple complaint, without going through the courts. “Squatting is a violation of privacy and we want it to be repressed without weakness,” said Dominique Estrosi Sassone, the senator for LR at the origin of this text.
The recently approved bill plans to further strengthen the legal arsenal against illegal occupants. In case of illegal occupation, they are exposed to a penalty of up to three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros . The text also creates a new crime of “propagation or advertising in favor of methods that favor housebreaking”, punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.
The text also expands the perimeter of squatting , which previously only affected main residences. From now on, eviction methods can also be used in the context of second homes and unoccupied homes containing furniture.
The proposal also attacks defaulters. Provides for the automatic addition to lease agreements of a "termination by right" clause. If activated, it should allow landlords whose tenants are no longer paying rent to obtain lease termination without embarking on a lengthy legal battle, and also obtain an eviction.
The French left, in disagreement. These new measures are being highly criticized by the French left. According to Pascal Savoldelli, senator and member of the Communist, Republican, Citizen and Ecologist group (CRCE) , the text encourages a "true criminalization of poverty." The former socialist minister Marie-Noëlle Lienemann considers this proposal as "an offensive against tenants and against the most disadvantaged."
For their part, the associations that fight against precarious housing oppose the text. The Right to Housing Association (DAL) has organized demonstrations in front of the Senate, under the slogan "Housing is not a crime, it is a right!" Similar protests took place throughout France. Secours Catholique (Cáritas in France) believes that applying this text to the letter could double the number of homeless people.
According to the French Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti , the text is "balanced, because it reinforces the rights of owners without calling into question the protection of occupiers in good faith." This proposal is the latest in a long series aimed at protecting property owners from illegal occupation.
In 2020, the ASAP law already allowed victims Cambodia Telegram Number Data of illegal occupations to recover their property through a simple complaint, without going through the courts. “Squatting is a violation of privacy and we want it to be repressed without weakness,” said Dominique Estrosi Sassone, the senator for LR at the origin of this text.
The recently approved bill plans to further strengthen the legal arsenal against illegal occupants. In case of illegal occupation, they are exposed to a penalty of up to three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros . The text also creates a new crime of “propagation or advertising in favor of methods that favor housebreaking”, punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.
The text also expands the perimeter of squatting , which previously only affected main residences. From now on, eviction methods can also be used in the context of second homes and unoccupied homes containing furniture.
The proposal also attacks defaulters. Provides for the automatic addition to lease agreements of a "termination by right" clause. If activated, it should allow landlords whose tenants are no longer paying rent to obtain lease termination without embarking on a lengthy legal battle, and also obtain an eviction.
The French left, in disagreement. These new measures are being highly criticized by the French left. According to Pascal Savoldelli, senator and member of the Communist, Republican, Citizen and Ecologist group (CRCE) , the text encourages a "true criminalization of poverty." The former socialist minister Marie-Noëlle Lienemann considers this proposal as "an offensive against tenants and against the most disadvantaged."
For their part, the associations that fight against precarious housing oppose the text. The Right to Housing Association (DAL) has organized demonstrations in front of the Senate, under the slogan "Housing is not a crime, it is a right!" Similar protests took place throughout France. Secours Catholique (Cáritas in France) believes that applying this text to the letter could double the number of homeless people.