Renaissance MP Guillaume Kasbarian, 36, appointed as Minister Delegate for Housing. He is the author of a proposed anti-squatter law, which considerably toughens the sanctions. The elected official from Eure-et-Loir stood out at the head of the Economic Affairs Committee. He pushed for administrative simplification measures and looked into the taxation of Airbnb rentals and degraded co-ownerships. In his post, this native of Marseille of Armenian origin – very committed to the defense of this country in conflict with Azerbaijan.
While the sector is going through an acute crisis, Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal are making a 180-degree turn, propelling Renaissance MP Guillaume Kasbarian, 36, to the head of a ministry responsible for relaunching the real estate machine.
They have chosen a clearly liberal profile, economically speaking.
The elected official from Eure-et-Loir stood out at the head of the Economic Affairs Committee for his outspokenness, his knowledge of the issues and his decisive battles.
Appointed this Thursday as Deputy Minister for Housing, this former industrial strategy consultant is the author of a proposed anti-squatter law, which considerably toughens the sanctions (multiplied by three).
This text voted by the majority, the right and the extreme right, and promulgated last August, had aroused the ire of the Insoumis denouncing “a factory of homeless people” and of the Abbé-Pierre Foundation.
Kasabarian leaves his second mandate as deputy (Renaissance) to enter the government to replace Patrice Vegriete, appointed to Transport.
Born in Marseille, “Kasba” grew up between the south of France and Kenya. A graduate of a prestigious business school, he joined En Marche at the end of 2016 and won the nomination of the presidential party in the first constituency of Eure-et-Loir in 2017. The new MP embodies the new Macronist wave which is sweeping the Bourbon palace. Son of civil servants, “rather on the left”, he claims to be liberal, particularly influenced by Friedrich Hayek.
His arrival at the Ministry of Housing promises to be difficult given the declarations of Gabriel Attal during his general policy declaration set fire with local elected officials and professionals in the sector. The new minister will have the heavy task of carrying “the supply shock" dear to the Prime Minister as well as the integration of intermediate housing in the proportion of social housing that cities must have.
