Yes, Jordan Bardella (president of the Rassemblement National) defends the establishment of a "national priority" aimed at reserving access to social housing (HLM) for families with French nationality, effectively excluding foreigners.

 

Yes, Jordan Bardella (president of the Rassemblement National) defends the establishment of a "national priority" aimed at reserving access to social housing (HLM) for families with French nationality, effectively excluding foreigners.

 

The arguments and modalities of his proposal:

• The "National Preference": According to his statements, social housing is considered as social assistance and should benefit French citizens as a priority. He regularly criticises what he calls a "foreign preference" and says that France "is not a social counter".
• Exclusion of offenders: Beyond the nationality criterion, he proposes to prohibit access to social housing to people with a long criminal record, considering that it is a question of moral principle.
• Economic objective: It justifies these political choices by the need to make savings on the social model and to respond to the housing crisis affecting many French households.

The legal and social context:
 Currently in France, the law does not impose French nationality as an exclusive condition. Social housing is accessible to people of French nationality as well as to foreigners who are legally staying. Allocations are mainly based on social criteria (income, family situation, emergency, disability) and not on national origin.

This proposal for a "national priority" for social housing is at the heart of political debates, with Jordan Bardella's camp opposing it to other visions of national solidarity based on social need and the right of residence.