A few hours before a solemn vote in the National Assembly on the bill to protect housing against illegal occupation, the United Nations made public the concerns of its experts on this subject. In an official statement eight pages long addressed to the government, “We warn of the regression that this bill represents, and the risk that it will lead France to violate its international commitments”, summarizes the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, who co-signs this letter with the UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal. If the process is not exceptional, “It is, to my knowledge, the first time that France has been contacted about a text of law relating to housing”says M. De Schutter.
Tuesday at the end of the day, 540 deputies (out of a total of 577) took part in the solemn vote organized at the end of the second reading of this text, at the request of the elected representatives of La France insoumise: 385 deputies from the presidential majority, Republicans, the National Rally, and part of the group Libertés, Indépendants, Outre-mer et Territoires (LIOT) voted in favor; 147 deputies, all in the ranks of the left, voted against.
The senators, who had, at first reading, lightened several highly contested provisions targeting tenants, while strengthening the sanctions against squatters, will they vote for this text in the same terms, thus avoiding the meeting of a joint joint committee? “I hope so with all my heart, so that it can be quickly implemented”answers the co-author and rapporteur of the bill, the renaissance deputy of Eure-et-Loire Guillaume Kasbarian. “I am confident that senators will take our warnings into consideration, declares Mr. De Schutter for his part. What matters is the reputation of the homeland of human rights. »
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This long letter did not elicit a response from the government within the scheduled forty-eight hours before it was made public. As requested by the rapporteurs, it has been transmitted to the deputies. “I read reviews carefully, comments Guillaume Kasbarian. But it is not the UN that makes the laws in France. »
The bill, carried by the deputies of the majority Guillaume Kasbarian and Aurore Bergé, had already aroused strong criticism from associations of tenants and the fight against poor housing, the Syndicate of the magistrature, the Defender Rights and the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights.
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