“We are making the landlord bear something which is the responsibility of the State”, regrets the National Union of Real Estate Owners

The president of the UNPI, Sylvain Grataloup, believes that it should be up to the State to take charge of unpaid rent.

“We are making the landlord bear something that is the responsibility of the State”regrets Saturday November 1 on franceinfo the president of the National Union of Real Estate Owners (UNPI) Sylvain Grataloup, on the occasion of the start of winter break on November 1st. According to him, when we have “a person who occupies accommodation which does not belong to him, the lessor is not responsible”and it would therefore be up to the State to take charge of unpaid rent.

According to the president of the UNPI, it is necessary to distinguish tenants who are “in good and bad faith”And “reflect on this winter break”. “We must not eliminate it, but we must distinguish between tenants who should benefit from this winter break and others.” Asked by franceinfo about the possibility of replenishing the compensation fund for owners, Sylvain Grataloup believes that “It’s a bandage on a wooden leg.”

The president of the UNPI also recognizes that there is “a fundamental problem” access to housing and “purchasing power”and that, according to him, “the French are becoming terribly impoverished”. “Expelling a person or a family who has had an accident in life, we cannot rejoice about it”concedes Sylvain Grataloup. Established in France since the 1956 law, the winter break suspends rental evictions for the period between November 1 and March 31. These dates were set by the Alur law of March 2014.