I agree, income from property should be heavily taxed, it's essentially private profit from the land value, and that value derives directly from it's location and the strength of the local economy, rather than any effort or contribution from the owner.

Sucks for them I guess. Maybe they should have diversified and invested in stocks or bonds instead of going all-in in housing-for-rent "investment" and complaining it doesn't turn up to be a huge profit making scheme like they expected, and expect the government to cover their losses.

Someone's housing shouldn't be someone else's for-profit side-hustle gamble. It's why housing is such a mess in the first place.

You can't have housing be affordable AND provide hefty profit returns in private pockets at the same time. Those will always be in contradiction at odds with each other in capitalism.

Honestly, I expected better from the socialist French, that they would have solved affordable housing for the masses.