Pushing tenants to reports and sanctioning owners who do not correct the situation: the City of Paris intends to make good use of the delegation obtained from the State to enforce the rent framework in force in the capital.
With this new weapon against the inflation of rents in the capital, which comes into force on January 1, the Paris City Hall wants to limit abuses as much as possible and achieve a fully respected rent control, summarized housing assistant Ian Brossat Thursday during a press conference.
The first city to have applied rent controls in mid-2019, since joined by several municipalities or agglomeration communities known as extended areas (Lille, Plaine Commune, Lyon-Villeurbanne, Est Ensemble, Montpellier, Bordeaux), Paris is doubly a pioneer since ‘It is the first city to benefit from this transfer of skills, welcomed the elected Communist.
161euros overrun on average
If since 2019 this supervision has made it possible, according to Ian Brossat, to globally stabilize Parisian rents after years of exponential increase, the reports (120) collected and the fines (about ten) imposed by the State were insufficient for the town hall.
According to the Rent Observatory of the Paris metropolitan area (Olap), quoted by the town hall, around a third of new leases signed in the capital in 2021 exceeded the ceiling rents, results of several criteria (empty or furnished, date of construction, number of rooms and district). This does not necessarily mean that donors are outlaws, overruns that can be justified by exceptional housing characteristics.
Overruns amount to an average of 161 euros and mainly concern small surfaces, studios, maids roomswith 8 abusive ads out of 10, detailed Ian Brossat.
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Get as many reports as possible
With the new city online platform, he wants to get as many reports as possible so that as many landlords as possible comply with rent controls. In concrete terms, tenants can first check there if their lease complies with the framework, then report, if necessary, the overrun which will have to be confirmed by the town hall. The latter will then give formal notice to the owner to update the lease and return the overpayments, within 3 months. Without compliance, the town hall may impose a fine of up to 5000 euros for a natural person and 15,000 for a legal entity.
The simple fact that the tenant seizes us will have dissuasive effects vis–vis the majority of the owners, wants to believe Ian Brossat who identifies already more than a dozen reports, on nearly 2000 connections.
According to Olap, in 2021 in the capital, the average rent for a 50 m2 was 1200 euros per month. Out of 1.1 million main residences, 45% are rentals in the private sector.
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