8
exceeds 50,000 inhabitants and municipalities with a population of at least 3,500
inhabitants which are included, according to the population census, in an urban area with
more than 50,000 inhabitants including at least one municipality with more than 10,000
inhabitants. This capacity shall be increased to one place per 1,000 inhabitants in all
municipalities in an urban area with more than 100,000 inhabitants. […]”
f) Rehabilitation accommodation
33.
The Social and Family Action Code reads:
“Article L.345-1: Individuals and families experiencing serious difficulties, in
particular financial, family, housing, health or integration problems, shall receive,
on request, social assistance so that they may be housed in public or private
social rehabilitation accommodation and thus be helped to acquire or recover
personal independence and social autonomy.”
g) Social housing construction
34.
The Social Cohesion Act, No. 2005-32 of 18 January 2005, reads:
“Section 87: Disregarding the national urban renewal programme specified in
Sections 6 to 9 of the Urban Renewal Act, No. 2003-710 of 1 August 2003,
500,000 social housing units for rent shall be financed over the period 2005 to
2009, according to the following schedule:
YEARS
Dwellings financed by loans for the
construction
of
« highly
social”
housing………………………………………..
Dwellings financed by loans for the
construction of other social housing………..
Dwellings constructed by the authorised
association specified in section 116 of the
Finance Act 2002 (N° 2001-1275 of 28
December 2001)………………………………
Totals
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
TOTAL
58 00
63 000
63 000
63 000
63 000
310 000
22 000
27 000
27 000
32 000
32 000
140 000
10 000
90 000
10 000
100 000
10 000
100 000
10 000
105 000
10 000
105 000
50 000
500 000
“Section 107: To finance the renovation of 200,000 private rented dwellings with
controlled rents and help restore vacant dwellings to the housing market, the
Budget Acts 2005 to 2009 have made additional funding available to the national
housing improvement agency, over and above that corresponding to its normal
activities. This amounts to the following sums, at 2004 prices:
1. € 70 million for programmes authorised in 2005 and € 140 million for ones
authorised in the following four years;
2. In terms of payments authorised, € 70 million in 2005 and € 140 million for
each of the following four years.”
35.
Decree No. 2005-1243 of 29 of September 2005 setting up an interministerial committee and an inter-ministerial representative for the
expansion of the housing supply reads:
“Section 1: There shall be an inter-ministerial committee for expanding the
housing supply.. […]
The committee shall establish guidelines for government policy on expanding the
supply of housing. It shall deal with the various aspects of this policy, in particular
the policy for making more building land available.”
“Section 2: An inter-ministerial office for expanding the housing supply shall be
answerable
to
the
minister
responsible
for
housing.
[…]”