Owners’ associations regularly cite the management of rents as a rejecting with rental investment. Since 2019, in so -called tense areas, where the demand for housing is much higher than the supply, voluntary local communities can experiment with this system, until November 25, 2026. Today applied in nearly 70 municipalities, the management of rents “Is respected in a very unequal way by donors according to the territories”tance the foundation for housing (ex-Father Pierre-Pierre), in its fifth barometer, published this Thursday, September 4.
For all cities analyzed, almost a third party (32%) of rental advertisements exceed the rent ceilings, an increase of 4 points compared to 2024. An average which indeed masks important local disparities. “The results are still improving in major cities that recently entered the system”Selves the report, citing Montpellier, with only 12%of rents above the legal ceilings, Lyon-Villean (24%) and Bordeaux (25%).
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Disturbing trends in the Parisian suburbs
The foundation for the accommodation, however, points to a result “Middle and quite stable”without degradation but without improvement either, in the two precursor cities of rent supervision, Paris and Lille, where 31% of the announcements offer too high rents. Ads which, in Paris, offer upper rents of 237 euros per month, on average, to authorized ceilings, against a Average exceeding of 192 euros across the country.
In the Parisian suburbs, trends are downright “Disturbing”tance the Foundation, citing the territorial public establishments of Est-Etsemble, where 38% of the ads are out of the nails, and, even more, of Plaine-Commune, with 59% of rents in offense With the supervision, unheard of. The report deplores “A fall marked with respect for the supervision of rents for a year, and levels of surpassing unpublished placement since the launch of the barometer”five years ago.
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It is in the municipalities of Saint-Ouen and Saint-Denis that the illegal announcements are concentrated, specifies the foundation for housing. “Plaine-Commune pays here a late communication With the general public on the system, so that the tenants know very little of the civil and administrative procedures to enforce their rights ”advance the foundation.
She also invokes “State services to say the least passive in the event of reports (illegal rents), with for example a eight -month Before pronouncing a fine against wrong donors ”. A fine of a maximum amount of 5,000 euros for a landlord natural and 15,000 euros for a legal person, indicates the National Agency for Information on Housing.
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The scratch barometer of a “Can do better” The new entrants in the system, such as Grenoble and its 45% of announcements to excessive rents, as well as the Basque Country (38%). The Foundation notes however “”a big gap Between the town center of Bayonne, with 24% of advertisements above rent ceilings, well mobilized for years for the moderation of rents, and a more upscale city like Biarritz (53%) “.
Independently of the municipalities, “The Palme d’Or du Crifle”in the area of non-compliance with the management of rents, returns to “Owners of the worst Energy TOCKS»»fulminates the foundation. Almost 40% Housing with a G label on the DPE (Energy performance diagnosis), in passing prohibited for rental since January 1, 2025, offer rents that are not in accordance with supervision, against 27% for F, 32% for E, 33% for D, 30% for C, 36% for B and 33% for A.
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The Foundation for Housing therefore judges that “The time is to strengthen the control of respect for this law and its sustainability»» After November 2026, by opening it to new volunteer cities, such as Rennes, Marseille or Tours. “A law must absolutely be passed in this direction”she insists.
Two evaluations of this experiment are precisely underway, one by deputies, the other by economists commissioned by Matignon. Already, a first scientific assessment, carried out by the Paris Urban Planning Workshop this year, estimates that the tenants of the capital saved on average nearly 1,694 euros in 2024, i.e. 141 euros per monththanks to the management of rents, recalls the foundation.
