Olive Aleakwe, News Producer at RT UK is looking for the following;
We are covering the following news story and are looking for a British man or woman owns a second home in a French city or suburb.
It’s for an interview tonight at either 8pm or 9pm U.K. time.
Britons with second homes in French towns and cities will see their council tax rates rise by hundreds of euros a year after President Hollande’s government yesterday rounded on “wealthy foreigners” in a desperate attempt to raise money. The move is designed to generate €150 million for local councils, and will hit anyone who has a second home in 28 cities and suburbs, including Paris and Nice. No one with a second home in rural France will be affected. The so-called weekend tax has been sold by President Hollande as a measure to address France’s housing crisis by claiming that it will encourage property owners to rent out their second homes. However, in truth, the levy is a means of raising new revenue for hard-up local councils from a group of people, many of whom do not have the vote”
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/property/overseas/article4257894.ece
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