Parliament definitively adopts the emergency bill facilitating the reconstruction of degraded buildings

It was a promise from Emmanuel Macron. Parliament definitively adopted, Thursday, July 20, the emergency bill intended to rebuild the buildings degraded during the urban violence which occurred after the death of the young Nahel. On Tuesday, the Senate unanimously voted for this text.

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Composed of three articles, the bill was not modified during this shuttle. The text intends to create “an exceptional legal framework” For “accelerate the conduct of the work as much as possible”. The first provides for adaptations of the town planning code, for identical reconstructions or with improvements, for example environmental. Preparatory work such as earthworks can thus be undertaken without waiting for planning permission.

Article 2 concerns the public order: there will be a competition, but no prior advertising under a threshold which would be 1.5 million euros, according to the Minister of Territorial Cohesion, Christophe Béchu. The last article adapts the framework applicable to subsidies paid to local authorities. It opens the possibility of a zero charge for communities and will allow them to recover VAT within the year, without waiting for the current two years.