Question 15623 — housing

Summary

Mr. Alexandre Dufosset draws the attention of the Minister of Cities and Housing to the growing difficulties encountered by local elected officials in pursuing the objective of land sobriety when economic development involves increasing the housing stock, as is the case in Cambrésis, the territory of which he is elected. This territory is indeed experiencing a welcome dynamic of reindustrialization and investment, particularly by the construction of the Seine-Nord Europe canal, the creation of the inland port of Marquion-Cambrai, the upcoming establishment of a food factory as well as the announced development of several data centers. These projects should generate several hundred jobs in the short and medium term, significantly strengthening the attractiveness of the area and leading to increased and immediate housing needs. But this dynamic comes up against already very strong real estate tension. The recent reclassification of Cambrai into zone B1 illustrates the imbalance between supply and demand. Difficulty of access to housing, rising rents, scarcity of rental supply, vacancy of old degraded stock and disengagement of private investors due to the cost of energy renovation work: all factors which aggravate a crisis which has become structural. In the same time, local authorities must implement a profoundly renewed legislative framework through the “Climate and Resilience” law, which included in the town planning code the objective of zero net artificialization of land (ZAN) by 2050, with a halving of the consumption of natural, agricultural and forest areas by 2031. This trajectory, set out in territorial planning documents, strongly restricts the possibilities for urban expansion and requires elected officials to favor densification, the reconversion of wasteland and the renovation of existing buildings, within often tight deadlines. If these environmental objectives respond to a long-term imperative, their articulation with the immediate housing needs in territories undergoing economic change raises major operational difficulties. Local elected officials are thus placed in a paradoxical situation, having to both limit the artificialization of land and respond to a growing demand for housing linked to the arrival of new workers. This paradox is reinforced by the fact that, in the context of certain projects of national interest, notably the 2030 Winter Olympic Games, significant exemptions are planned: simplification of procedures, adjustment of rules town planning and adaptations to environmental constraints. This differentiation in the application of standards gives rise to growing incomprehension among elected officials from other territories, such as Cambrésis, who must, for their part, deal with a strict framework without benefiting from comparable room for maneuver. Consequently, he asks what concrete developments in the legislative and regulatory framework the Government intends to initiate. to enable local authorities to respond effectively to the housing crisis while respecting the objectives of zero net artificialization, particularly in territories such as Cambrésis and how it intends to guarantee a coherent and equitable application of town planning and environmental rules between local projects and projects of national interest, in particular with regard to the exemptions granted within the framework of the 2030 Winter Olympic Games.

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