The government's
"tariff shield"
does not protect all French people against soaring gas prices.
HLM offices and condominiums are sounding the alarm: a large part of their occupants, fed by large collective contracts, are taking the full brunt of the rise in the price of gas.
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"The 'tariff shield' does not come into play when there is an intermediary between the energy supplier and the end customer: as a result, the 3 million households heated with gas via a heating operator do not benefit of the price freeze
, explains the general manager of Idex, Benjamin Frémaux, in an open letter to the Prime Minister sent at the end of last week.
For these families, the energy bill will double this winter, which represents an additional expense of 800 euros per household on average - an obviously unbearable burden.
Concerning HLM tenants alone, the Social Union for Housing estimates that between 1.6 and 2.5 million housing units are…
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