Emmanuelle Cosse, the current president of the Social Union for Housing (USH), was re-elected for four years at the head of this confederation of landlords which represents 80% of social housing.
The former Minister of Housing from 2016 to 2017 under the presidency of François Hollande took the reins of the HLM movement in 2020 and was re-elected this Wednesday by the general assembly of the USH.
Since her arrival, she has defended the need to give social landlords the means to build new social housing and renovate existing ones. She positions herself, in her profession of faith, in favor of “the revival of social accession” to property.
She protests in particular against the reduction in solidarity rent (RLS), which represents more than 8 billion euros taken by the State since 2018 from the rental income of social landlords.
“Give a strong voice”
Emmanuelle Cosse affirms that the USH “has the responsibility to give a strong voice to a collective of organizations engaged in their territory”, in a context of serious housing crisis, according to the USH press release.
She also promises to continue to “put all (her) energy at the service of an exemplary sector that is essential to our country.”
The former national secretary of Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) was opposed to Valérie Fournier, president of the federation of Social Enterprises for Housing (ESH), which in 2022 brought together 165 HLM organizations and 43% of HLM housing.
In her profession of faith, she defended “more democratic governance of our Union”, the relaunch of dialogue with public authorities and social diversity. This second term should be the last for Emmanuelle Cosse, in accordance with the statutes of the USH.