In Aveyron, what remains of private property?

The National Union of Owners of Aveyron (Unpi12) organized its statutory general meeting and this legal obligation gave rise to a round table around the real estate issue, both in Europe, in France and in Aveyron. Three scales explored by guests, at the forefront of questions of private property.

Emmanuelle Causse, general secretary of the International Union of Real Estate Owners since 2020, director of the Brussels office since 2009, shed light on European political decision-making which directly impacts the interests of small owners. Through her presentation, she demonstrated how the decisions of Brussels “concerns us all. We have just voted in the elections and we must realize that the European Commission has an impact”says the one who spends her time defending the interests of both owners.

Guy Laurens, the president of Unpi12, had also invited Sylvain Grataloup, the national president. Doctor of law, lecturer at Jean-Moulin Lyon 3 University, the latter underlined “the lessor and societal functions of the owners. By having property, you make them available to the population”. The third guest, Jean-Marc Calvet, first elected official of Rignac and president of the association of mayors of Aveyron, set out to present the consequences of the property tax within municipalities and villages. “Part of the property tax is not kept by the municipality, it is the State which recovers it. This is an aberration for me, because in addition, part is returned to the richest municipalities , like Nice, Cannes or Neuilly, as an equalization measure”he indicated.

This insight made it possible to show how property owners (70% of whom occupy their own homes) contribute to the general interest, where they are. “heavily taxed”as demonstrated by Emmanuelle Causse, in her intervention on European tax policy.

Important interventions which demonstrated, if necessary, how Unpi12 is a reference in the defense of small owners, but also in its capacity of advice in legal matters and support, throughout the process of different leases (furnished or empty, commercial etc.). Dominique Costes, president of the CCI, received all these guests and the public, comfortably seated in the Amphi, with a little note addressed to “owners, who also make their homes available to businesses, who bring professionals to Aveyron for work”.