It contains the official apartments of the mayor of Paris.
Last month, it emerged that another junior minister, Christian Estrosi (pictured), had the use of two official apartments in Paris.
It was "further proof of the unsustainable collusion between certain political elites and the milieu of money", said Arnaud Montebourg, a Socialist deputy.The Bettencourt affair comes after a string of scandals touching government ministers: one hired a private jet, another enjoys two official apartments, and a third charged vast cigar bills to the taxpayer.
But in politics the Lord Chancellor's controversial taste in wallpaper is the sort of thing that can shake the confidence of the strongest government.Appearing before the Commons Public Administration Committee this week, Lord Irvine mounted what he no doubt imagined to be a robust defence of the decision to spend £650,000 ($1.1m) tarting up his official apartments in the Palace of Westminster.
Two ministers - Fadela Amara and Christian Estrosi - have been accused of using official apartments to lodge friends and family, while a third - Christian Blanc - had to pay back 12,000 euros of public money which he had spent on cigars.
The federal police commander kept his schedule secret and slept in a different place each night, yet the killer had the keys to the official's apartment and was waiting for him when he arrived after midnight.
Francis will stay there while the official papal apartment is renovated.
Lombardi said the new pope will stay there for handful of weeks while the official papal apartment, where Benedict lived before resigning, is renovated.
New York police officials spent the day contacting hotel security officials, residential apartment managers and museums about the measures to take to reduce their vulnerability.
He added that the official's "luxurious" apartment in Caracas was searched, and about $630,000 seized.
The Glenwood official found an apartment for the woman a month later.
