LFI deputy and Paris councilor Danielle Simonnet returned the social housing she had occupied since 2003, we learned this Saturday from the president of the Régie immobilière de Paris (RIVP), David Belliard, confirming information from the Parisian.
The apartment, an 83 m2 with balcony rented 1,300 euros per month, property of the RIVP, is located in the Saint-Fargeau district, in the 20th arrondissement of the capital, confirmed David Belliard. It was awarded in 2003 to Danielle Simonnet, at the time councilor of the 20th arrondissement, less than a year after her request and without a means test.
“It is not a classic HLM housing but an intermediate housing in free rent or PLI, intermediate rental loan, which escapes the additional rent in the event of an increase in income”, clarified David Belliard.
She “perfectly respected the rules”
According to the Action Logement group (formerly 1% Logement), the leading social landlord, the PLIs are allocated “to people whose income is too high to be eligible for HLM housing, but too low to be housed in the private sector”. . Elected deputy in June, Danielle Simonnet receives today a parliamentary allowance of 7,493 euros gross.
“Danielle Simonnet respected the rules perfectly and she didn’t even have to leave. We allocate housing in PLI, but once people are in the housing, we can’t do anything, regardless of the evolution of their income, ”added David Belliard.
Jérôme Lambert also left his home
The outgoing socialist deputy for Charente, Jérôme Lambert, elected continuously from 1997 to 2022, also left the intermediate social housing he occupied in the 18th arrondissement of the capital, Eric Pliez, president of Paris Habitat, told AFP. , the leading social landlord in Paris, and mayor of the 20th arrondissement, also confirming information from Parisian.
Jérôme Lambert rented a 95 m2 in the 18th arrondissement for a rent of 971 euros per month, far from the price of accommodation in the private market, estimated at around 2,300 euros. Questioned by AFP in May, Jérôme Lambert had stressed that there was “nothing hidden”. “25 years ago, I had this five-room apartment (we were a family of five then) for the market price, 900 euros. Lease increases were indexed to the cost of construction index, or about 1% per year. Today, it is no longer the market price”, he had then recognized.