Housing is the first expense of the French. While the purchasing power of tenants is under attack from all sides, the government wants to protect them from the effects of inflation.
The government intends to protect tenants from the effects of inflation, but without penalizing landlords too much. For this, he proposes a “shield” which will cap the increase in rents at 3.5% over one year, until the second quarter of 2023. In other words, for one year, rents cannot increase by more than 3.5%. %.
The aim is to prevent soaring consumer prices from having too strong an impact on rents. Indeed, the amounts paid by the tenants can be reassessed every year, generally on the anniversary date, according to the rent reference index (IRL), the calculation of which is linked to inflation. This IRL has already climbed 2.48% in the first quarter over one year. “The government has chosen a balanced solution. If nothing had been done, the IRL could have reached 5.5% at the end of the year, and be even higher during the first half of 2023. we say in Bercy.
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