The creation of a real estate company to manage the state's property portfolio, censored at the end of 2024 by the Constitutional Council, is once again submitted to deputies. This project, led by MP Thomas Cazenave, aims to modernize the management of public assets and end free premises for administrations. Supported by the government and 140 deputies, it will be debated in the National Assembly starting next week.
The reform of the state's real estate policy is entering a new phase after several years of discussions. Envisaged for a long time, it was announced in 2023, suspended by the dissolution of the National Assembly, resumed at the end of 2024, and included in the 2025 budget before being censored by the Constitutional Council, which ruled it did not belong in a budget text.
Renaissance MP from Gironde, Thomas Cazenave, then drafted a specific bill, convincing his group to support it. Backed by the government, this initiative is cosigned by 140 deputies from the ruling coalition and the Socialist Party. The text is arriving at the National Assembly for debate in the finance committee on Wednesday, January 14, followed by discussion in the hemicycle on January 27.
"This is a reform that is good for the state, for the economy, and for the climate," argues Thomas Cazenave. "I hope it will be voted by the Assembly, and then quickly by the Senate." Carried by a handful of right-wing and centrist officials, this project aims to modernize the management of the state's vast and sometimes dilapidated real estate portfolio, ending free premises for administrations.
Despite the hurdles, this political endurance could lead to more efficient management of public assets.
