“
The housing surcharge on
second homes
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!
» So much so that some are calling for the housing tax to be renamed the “inhabitation tax”.
Like Daniel, in his sixties, a Parisian living in Brittany, “fiscal frustration” is increasing among owners of second homes.
“
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
.
Since 2017, eligible municipalities - there are around 3,700 in France - can increase the housing tax on second homes from 5% to 60% (article 1407 ter of the general tax code).
Around 25% of the 283 cities which activated this tax lever applied the maximum rate in 2023, according to the latest figures published by the General Directorate of Public Finances.
In 2022, they were 29% and 18% in 2021. “
The mayor announced to us that she was going to apply the maximum surcharge this year
,” explain Denis and Pauline who own a second home in a small town in Calvados (14) where their proportion exceeds 58% of housing, according to INSEE.
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