In the prefectures that responded to the Ministry of Housing’s survey, the police were called out on average 48 times per month from September to May, compared to an average of 12 before this law.
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A year after the promulgation of the Bergé-Kasbarian law, known as the “anti-squat” law, the number of evictions in French housing has more than tripled, franceinfo learned from the ministry on Saturday, August 31, confirming information from Le Parisien.
Requests for intervention by law enforcement have never been so numerous: in the 27 prefectures that responded to the Ministry of Housing’s survey, the police and gendarmerie were called upon an average of 48 times per month, from September to May. However, before this law existed, there was an average of 12 requests per month.
Now, owners are better informed about their rights and their steps are becoming more concrete. According to the ministry, in 8 out of 10 cases, the request for forced eviction was successful, with 356 orders issued by the prefectures during this period, compared to 101 for the whole of 2022. This is an improvement, rejoice the owners’ associations, who nevertheless designate the subjects of squatting as a “epiphenomenon”.
