The analysis of 25,000 announcements recorded between August 2022 and August 2023 concludes that “the progression of this system” was first put in place by the Paris town hall. But, nationally, almost a third of rents still exceed the ceiling.
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The share of rental advertisements in Paris which exceed the legal ceiling is decreasing, according to the Abbé-Pierre Foundation barometer made public on Thursday October 5. In the capital, “28% of advertisements analyzed in 2023 exceed the legal rent ceiling”, according to the foundation. The rate was 31% in 2022 and 35% in 2021. Concretely, for tenants, non-compliant monthly rents in Paris exceed the legal ceiling by 237 euros on average, or more than 2,800 euros per year.
The study, which is based on the analysis of 25,000 advertisements recorded between August 2022 and August 2023, concludes that “the progress of this device” rent control framework first put in place by Paris town hall for leases signed since 2019.
The study also presents for the first time results from other municipalities, showing “that new cities take hold of it and seek to promote” the device. In Lyon-Villeurbanne, 34% of advertisements exceed the legal ceiling (down 2 points over one year), in Lille, 37% (compared to 43% in 2022) and in Montpellier 16% (down by almost half). Nationally, the share is 30%, with rent which exceeds the ceiling by 198 euros on average. The foundation calls on the government to allow cities “volunteers” who have submitted requests, such as Marseille or Bayonne, to put the framework in place.