Thermal colanders: this is how the drop in rent will be calculated that tenants can demand

The National Assembly examines this Wednesday, January 29, a bill softening the prohibition on the prohibition of rental of the housing noted G on the DPE, in very specific cases. But it also specifies the magnitude of the falling rent that the tenant may demand from its owner.

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Landlord of accommodation noted G on the diagnosis of energy performance (DPE), you have a tenant in place for two and a half years. You are not affected by therental prohibition death very energy -consuming accommodationconsuming more than 450 kilowatt hours of energy per square meter and per year, in force since January 1, 2025, since it applies to new rental contracts concluded from this date, and not to current leases. On the other hand, in six months, on the anniversary of the lease concluded three years ago with your tenant, your accommodation G can no longer be rented, the prohibition also worth for the renewals and tacit leases of leases. Your tenant will then be entitled to demand a decrease in rent. A perspective that concerns owners of nearly 600,000 homes in the private rental stock.

“The drop in rent will not be automaticallythe tenant will have to request it ”specifies the cabinet of the Minister of Housing, Valérie Létard. If the owner refuses it, the tenant will be able to seize a conciliation commission, made up of representatives of owners and tenants. If the conciliation fails, the tenant will then have the opportunity to turn to a judge. If the latter orders the realization of work and a drop in rent, what extent will be the latter? A bill Transpartisan, carried by the deputies Bastien Marchive (radical party related together for the Republic) and Inaki Echaniz (socialists), supported by Valérie Létard and examined by the National Assembly in public session this Wednesday, January 29, “Proportionate the drop in rent to the Energy overconsumption housing linked to the absence of work ” which would have made it possible to hoist the note of DPE beyond G, indicates the cabinet of the minister.

“When the judge pronounces a reduction in rent, until the execution of works necessary for the energy compliance of the accommodation, the reduction of rent takes into account the Diiligence of the lessor And does not exceed the damage suffered by the tenant because of the slightest (energy) performance of his accommodation ”do we read in the text of the bill modified by the Committee on Economic Affairs of the National Assembly.

A “reasonable time” to carry out the renovation work

Admittedly, the number of homes G dropped by 12% between 2023 and 2024, their owners having anticipated the deadline of January 1, 2025, according to the Ministry of Housing. For the others, the absence of energy renovation work can be explained by their costevaluated at 40,000 euros On average by the National Real Estate Federation (FNAIM). But also by technical or legal constraints, which the bill takes into account: if an owner is denied work by an architect of the buildings of France or by the condominium trustee, for example, his accommodation G will not be subject to the rental ban. Ditto if the tenant obstructs the realization of the works, by refusing for example the access of the accommodation to the craftsmen.

Finally, if thegeneral meeting Co-owners have voted to make an energy renovation of the building capable of bringing the accommodation of the G-HOLD GOD status, these goods will be able to continue to be rented during the work, as long as they take place in “A reasonable time”. It is for deputies and senators who will examine the bill, to specify this “reasonable time “. Amendments to the text carried by deputies suggest a maximum period of two or three years. A text “Balanced between owners ‘rights and tenants’ rights”estimates the minister’s office.