The rules are changing slowly, but the objective of the public authorities is to eventually reduce the number of poorly insulated homes. So-called energy sieves.
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Owners of energy strainers can no longer increase rents since August 24, 2022. Energy strainers are dwellings that are in category F or G, the last two of the energy classification which goes from A to G.
The objective is to oblige owners to carry out work to improve the performance of these dwellings and reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The public authorities have planned to freeze rents but this is only a first step: from 2025, G housing will simply no longer be able to be rented out. About five million dwellings are today in F or G. Or 17% of the total.
Landlords are required to submit an energy performance diagnosis when signing the lease. They must also provide a diagnosis each time the lease is renewed, i.e. every three or six years depending on the contract. All tenants are therefore in principle in possession of a diagnosis which indicates the energy class of their accommodation. Otherwise, they can claim it from their owner, reminding him that he was obliged to provide it when entering the premises or at the last renewal.
They have to make sure that the diagnosis is still valid because there was a major reform last year. Owners must therefore redo the diagnoses from before 2017 before the end of this year 2022. You can find all the precise dates in a sheet on the energy performance diagnosis on the site of the National Institute of Consumption. Rents generally increase once a year and tenants in F or G must therefore ensure that they escape the next increase. Those who move into new accommodation also have an interest in finding out about the rent paid by the previous tenant which must be applied to them, without increase.