By Olivier Cheilan |
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An amendment to the bill for the protection of purchasing power has just been adopted to better define the accommodation subject to rent control eligible for a rent supplement.
All dwellings will no longer be eligible for the rent supplement | Photo credit: Shutterstock
The devicerent control was invited last week in the discussions of the bill of emergency measures for the protection of purchasing power which has just been adopted at first reading by the deputies.
On the sidelines of the adoption of Article 6 relating to the temporary cap on the variation of the IRL (Rental Reference Index) at +3.5% for 1 year, to partially protect tenants from current levels of rental he inflation, an amendment by the group La France insoumise proposed to better specify the possibilities of applying additional rents, today freely defined by landlords who rent accommodation subject to rent control.
Device flaw
The rent supplement has so far been a real flaw in rent control because it often makes it possible to circumvent the system by increasing the regulatory rent. Its definition lacks precision because the additional rent is possible when the accommodation has special comfort equipment or a specific location in relation to neighboring accommodation. Abuse is therefore frequent and remains difficult for tenants to challenge. In Paris, for example, the exceptional character of an apartment can leave room for a lot of subjectivity in terms of the view of monuments.
Non-comfort
Amendment 966 proposes that no rent supplement may be applied to accommodation deprived of a certain level of comfort, such as accommodation with toilets on the landing, signs of humidity on certain walls, problems with the thermal insulation of walls or roof, windows allowing air to pass abnormally outside the ventilation grid, a vis-à-vis less than 10 meters away, infiltration or flooding from outside the dwelling, problems of draining during the last three months, degraded electrical installation or poor exposure of the main room.
This amendment was adopted after receiving a favorable opinion from the government and the new minister in charge of housing, Olivier Klein. It will now be necessary to see how this status of “non-comfort” is defined in the regulations because certain defects of the dwellings listed in this amendment are likely to be difficult to control.
For the record, this is the first amendment from the group La France insoumise which received a favorable opinion from the government.