Overview
- CSA polling conducted Nov. 13–14 finds 71% of respondents favor expelling families of convicted delinquents from social housing on a nationally representative sample of 1,010 adults.
- Support is strongest on the right (91% among LR backers, 85% RN) and far lower on the left (47% overall, including 42% LFI and 53% Ecologists), with women at 72%, men at 71% and the 18–24 group least supportive.
- Minister Vincent Jeanbrun outlines reforms including time-limited “three-six-nine” leases to raise turnover, broader dejudiciarisation to allow faster removals for major offenses, expanded mayoral authority in allocations and paths for tenants to buy their homes.
- Jeanbrun frames social housing as a solidarity reserved for those who respect the law, arguing that definitive convictions for offenses harming peaceful use should end eligibility for this support.
- Local officials say courts block most evictions unless crimes are tied to the dwelling, noting a recent circular lets prefects initiate cases in place of landlords but that judges’ criteria remain unchanged; Franconville’s mayor urges assessing offenses at the commune level.