I.-For the application of this article:
1° Social rental housing means housing to which personalised housing assistance applies in accordance with 3° or 5° of Article L. 831-1 of the Construction and Housing Code;
2° A regulated loan is defined as a loan granted to finance the construction, acquisition or improvement of social rental housing and which is a condition for the application of personalised housing assistance in accordance with the same 3° or 5° of Article L. 831-1 of the same code;
3° The prêt locatif aidé d’intégration (subsidised integration rental loan) is a regulated loan granted to finance social rental housing adapted to the needs of households experiencing particular integration difficulties, the construction, acquisition or improvement of which is eligible for State aid conditioning the application of the aide personnalisée au logement (personalised housing aid) in accordance with the said 3° or 5° of article L. 831-1 of the said code;
4° The social rental loan is a regulated loan, other than the subsidised integration rental loan, granted to finance social rental housing, the construction, acquisition or improvement of which is eligible for State aid conditional upon the application of personalised housing assistance in accordance with the same 3° or 5° of article L. 831-1 of the same code;
5° A social rental loan is defined as a regulated loan granted after 8 March 2001 to finance social rental housing, the construction, acquisition or improvement of which is not eligible for State aid conditioning the application of personalised housing assistance in accordance with the same 3° or 5° of article L. 831-1 of the same code;
6° The acquisition and improvement of social rental housing is defined as a loan granted after 8 March 2001 to finance social rental housing, the construction, acquisition or improvement of which is not eligible for State aid conditioning the application of personalised housing assistance in accordance with the same 3° or 5° of article L. 831-1 of the same code;
6° Acquisition-improvement refers to the succession of the following transactions relating to premises whether or not they are used for residential purposes:
> a) The delivery financed by a loan of up to
a) Delivery financed by a regulated loan or provision under an emphyteutic lease granted by the State, a local authority or a group of local authorities;
> b) Carrying out renovation work to improve the quality of the property.
b) The carrying out of improvement, conversion or development work financed by a regulated loan;
>The contract for the purchase and sale of a property by a local authority or a group of local authorities
7° In the context of a home ownership transaction for the purpose of acquiring a principal residence, a contract for the sale or construction of housing intended for individuals whose income, on the date of signature of the preliminary contract or, failing that, on the date of the contract of sale or the contract for the construction of the housing, does not exceed the increased ceilings provided for in the first sentence of the tenth paragraph of Article L. 411-2 of the same code;
8° Priority neighbourhoods for city policy are those defined in article 5 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for cities and urban cohesion;
9° Urban renewal agreements are understood to mean the multiannual agreements provided for in the second paragraph of article 10 of law no. 2003-710 of 1st August 2003 of guidance and programming for towns and urban renewal;
10° Urban renewal agreements include the multi-annual agreements provided for in the premier alinéa du I de l’article 10-3 de la loi n° 2003-710 du 1er août 2003 précitée et, le cas échéant, de leurs protocoles de préfiguration;
11° The “organismes d’habitations à loyer modéré” (low-cost housing organisations) are those mentioned in article L. 411-2 of the French Construction and Housing Code;
12° “Association foncière logement” means the association referred to in Article L. 313-34 of the same code;
II.
II – In the social rental housing sector, the reduced rates of value added tax referred to in Article 278 sexies-0 A of this code apply to:
A.-Deliveries and deliveries of social rental housing are subject to the reduced rates of value added tax referred to in Article 278 sexies-0 A of this code.
A.-The supply and self-supply of the following new housing units:
1° Social rented housing financed by a subsidised integration loan;
>Rental housing financed by a subsidised integration loan
2° Social rental housing financed by a social rental loan when it is located:
> a) In a priority neighbourhood
a) In a priority urban policy district, including part of one, where the housing is subject to an urban renewal agreement;
> b) Outside these districts and where the housing is subject to an urban renewal agreement;
c) In a priority urban policy district, including part of one.
b) Outside these neighbourhoods and:
-either subject to an urban renewal agreement;
> -either part of an urban development complex
-or are part of a building complex for which the proportion of dwellings covered by such an agreement, among all the social rental dwellings financed by a subsidised integration or social rental loan, is at least equal to 50%;
3° Social rental dwellings other than those mentioned in 1° and 2°.
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This A applies when the recipient of the transaction is a beneficiary of aid or loans giving entitlement to personalised housing assistance for the housing delivered. 3° of this A also applies when the recipient is the housing association (association foncière logement) when the latter has signed the agreement provided for in 4° of Article L. 831-1 of the French Construction and Housing Code for the housing unit delivered;
B.-The following transactions
B.-The following transactions:
1° Transfers of joint ownership of social rental housing where the usufructuary benefits from a regulated loan and has entered into an agreement conditioning the application of personalised housing assistance;
> 2° Deliveries of premises within the scope of the social housing code
2° The supply of premises as part of an acquisition-improvement scheme that are financed:
> a) By a subsidised rental loan (prêt locatif aidé)
a) By a subsidised integration loan or a social rental loan;
> or
b) Or a social rental loan, where the work consists of converting premises used for purposes other than dwelling into social rental housing.
This 2° also applies, under the same conditions, to the supply of housing under Article L. 262-1 of the French Construction and Housing Code;
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2° bis Self-delivery of social housing where the work carried out in this context has rendered the building new within the meaning of 2° of 2 of I of Article 257 of this Code;
C.-Deliveries and self-deliveries of social housing within the meaning of 2° of 2 of I of Article 257 of this Code.
C.-Deliveries and self-deliveries of housing for rental purposes other than social housing, intended to be occupied by households whose total resources do not exceed that provided for in 1° of I of Article 279-0 bis A, where the recipient is:
For housing located in a social housing area, the recipient is
1° For housing located in a district covered by an urban renewal agreement or an urban renewal agreement, or located entirely within 300 metres of the boundary of these districts, the association foncière logement or non-trading property companies in which this association holds the majority of the shares;
> For housing located in a district covered by an urban renewal agreement or an urban renewal agreement, or located entirely within 300 metres of the boundary of these districts, the association foncière logement or non-trading property companies in which this association holds the majority of the shares
2° For housing located on land granted as part of the compensation mentioned in the fifth paragraph of article L. 313-3 of the Code de la Construction et de l’Habitation, a body carrying out, in place of the Association Foncière Logement, real estate transactions covered by an urban renewal agreement.
III.
III – In the social home ownership sector, the reduced rates of value added tax mentioned in article 278 sexies-0 A apply to:
> The following are covered by the reduced rates of value added tax mentioned in article 278 sexies-0 A
1° The supply and self-supply of housing intended to be occupied by holders of lease-to-own contracts entered into under the conditions provided for by the loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 définissant la location-accession à la propriété immobilière lorsqu’ils font l’objet, dans des conditions fixées par décret, d’une convention et d’une décision d’agrément prise par le représentant de l’Etat dans le département;
2° The delivery and handover of housing and works that are the subject of a home ownership contract for which the sale or construction price does not exceed the ceiling set for the housing mentioned in 1° of this III when, on the date the building permit application is submitted, these housing and works:
a) Are either located in an area that is not covered by the home ownership contract, or
a) are located in a district covered by an urban renewal agreement or in a priority district for city policy covered by a city contract as provided for in the article 6 of the aforementioned law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014, or are located entirely within 300 metres of the boundary of these neighbourhoods;
b) Or, in situations other than those mentioned in a), are part of a property complex that is partially located less than 300 metres from and entirely located less than 500 metres from the boundary of a priority urban policy district that is the subject of an urban renewal agreement;
3° Contributions of new social housing properties to non-trading property companies (sociétés civiles immobilières d’accession progressive à la propriété) under the conditions set out in articles L. 443-6-2 to L. 443-6-13 of the French Construction and Housing Code;
4° The following transactions carried out within the framework of a real estate lease under the conditions provided for in Chapter V of Title V of Book II of the same code:
a) Deliveries to a real estate organization and self-deliveries by the latter, of buildings intended, where applicable after works, to be the subject of a real estate lease;
b) Transfers of real estate rights subject to the lease.
IV.-In the social and medico-social sector, the reduced rates of value added tax referred to in Article 278 sexies-0 A apply to the supply and self-supply of premises directly intended for or made available to the following structures:
1° The following temporary or emergency accommodation structures:
> a) Accommodation and emergency centres
a) Accommodation and social reintegration centres covered by 8° of I of Article L. 312-1 of the Social Action and Family Code;
b) Structures known as “health care drop-in beds”, structures known as “medicalised reception beds” and therapeutic coordination flats mentioned in 9° of the same I;
> c) Accommodation centres for people with disabilities, such as people with disabilities, people with disabilities, people with disabilities, people with disabilities, people with disabilities, people with disabilities, people with disabilities, people with disabilities, people with disabilities, people with disabilities, etc.
c) Emergency accommodation centres declared in accordance with article L. 322-1 of the same code, when they are intended for homeless people;
2° The following establishments, when they act on a not-for-profit basis, their management is disinterested and they provide temporary or permanent accommodation:
aa) The establishments mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 312-1 of the code de l’action sociale et des familles (social action and family code) which provide accommodation for minors and adults under the age of 21 covered by articles L. 221-1, L. 222-3 and L. 222-5 of the same code;
a) The establishments mentioned in 2° of I of Article L. 312-1 of the Code de l’Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code) which provide accommodation for disabled minors or young adults, only for the part of the premises dedicated to accommodation;
> b) The establishments mentioned in
b) The establishments mentioned in 6° of the same I that provide accommodation for the elderly and that meet the eligibility criteria for a regulated loan;
c) The establishments referred to in 7° of the same I which provide accommodation for disabled people;
> d) The establishments referred to in 7° of the same I which provide accommodation for disabled people and which meet the eligibility criteria for a regulated loan
d) The establishments referred to in article L. 633-1 du code de la construction et de l’habitation qui hébergent des jeunes travailleurs et auxquels s’applique l’aide personnalisée au logement conformément au 5° de l’article L. 831-1 du même code.
This IV only applies to operations that are the subject of an agreement between the owner or manager of the premises and the State formalising the commitment to provide accommodation for the public concerned in accordance with the conditions set out in this article and, depending on the case, in the Code de l’action sociale et des familles or the Code de la construction et de l’habitation.
V.-Religible for the reduced rates of value added tax referred to in Article 278 sexies-0 A are deliveries of building land intended for the construction of premises that are the subject of a transaction taxable at the reduced rate in accordance with this Article, other than those referred to in a of 4° of III, where the purchaser certifies this purpose in the deed of sale.