The article is crap, the change is to the property tax (taxe d'habitation http://www.lemonde.fr/argent/article/2017/01/25/a-paris-la-surtaxe-sur-les-residences-

The article is crap, the change is to the property tax (taxe d'habitation http://www.lemonde.fr/argent/article/2017/01/25/a-paris-la-surtaxe-sur-les-residences-secondaires-va-passer-de-20-a-60_5068843_1657007.html http://www.lemonde.fr/argent/article/2017/01/25/a-paris-la-s...). The property tax is really low in Paris, for a 200ke flat you'll pay less than 200e a year, so while it will bring more tax it will change nothing to the problem.