Since 2017, eligible municipalities can increase the housing tax on second homes from 5% to 60%. Around 25% of the 283 cities which activated this tax lever applied the maximum rate in 2023.
“Let’s boycott local businesses that overtax! Municipalities will quickly discover that second homes are essential to the economy of many towns and villages,” says a reader of Le Figaro. The housing surcharge is pure racketeering, without the slightest fairness or efficiency! It is those who do not have children in school, use the roads little and rarely use public services who will pay for users, look for the mistake!