Since January this scheme on average half housing reservations recorded by developers

It is the sling. Despite the negative opinion of the Government, deputies, Socialists such as UMP, attacked the Boutin Housing Act provisions, which exclude tax benefits Robien and Scellier rental investments in areas deemed to be no real need for housing ("zone C").

The Act was responding to skids of the Robien device, some investors have never managed to rent their apartments built in a purely tax purpose.

But, for number of members elected in this zone C, there are within this last pockets of strong housing needs not taken into account and they refuse to exclude the Scellier then he wakes up the construction. Since January, this scheme on average half housing reservations recorded by developers.

With the support of the Board of Finance of the Assembly, Michel Bouvard, UMP MP Savoie (area C) has thus managed to vote on the night of Thursday to Friday an amendment to the amendment for 2009 Finance Act for C zone housing benefit Robien Borloo and Scellier plans if, after notice of the Mayor, they get the approval of the prefect.

"What is this mean that every elected official in his Department will go see the prefect and will be pressure to explain, operation by operation, how they should be classified", it is insurgent Budget Minister Eric Woerth, who represented the Government at the meeting. He recalled that a new order of zoning (substituting for 2003) would appear "around 15 April" and integrate local specificities not considered currently.

Suspicious, the UMP parliamentarians as Socialists see nevertheless amendment Bouvard a flexibility to the system. "You can not ...". "consider that the problem of zoning can be solved by a Jacobin and centralisation strategy", thus replied to Eric Woerth, the MP PS Jean-Yves the Bouillonnec. Remains to be seen if the Government maintains its opposition, plaice, or provides enough wages to the new order of zoning adjustment for parliamentarians bury this cumbersome amendment.

Second amendment

The attractiveness of the device Scellier diverting the other segments of the real estate investment, members adopted a second amendment to Michel Bouvard conferring the same tax advantages to investments in residential services (retirement homes, residences of tourism and student) in the same evening. It provides a tax reduction on nine equal to 25 of the investment (capped at 300,000 euros, 75,000 maximum tax reduction euros) realized in the area of residential services in 2009 and 2010, and a tax reduction of 20 of the investments made in 2011 and 2012. In return, depreciation disappears, except for the fraction of the cost of the property exceeding 300,000 euros. When the reduction is acquired in respect of a dwelling completed for more than fifteen years and which is the subject of rehabilitation, it is calculated on the purchase price plus the amount of work.

This alignment on the Scellier of the tax treatment of investments in services residences voted with the favourable opinion of the Government. He was sensitive to the arguments of proponents, according to which the new 15,000 places in homes that are on average each year these investments could disappear this year.