In Brittany, what do housing classified G represent in the energy performance diagnosis (DPE)?
Jérôme Lebrun, president of FNAIM Bretagne and director of the Chateaubriand Immobilier firm: According to estimates from the FNAIM statistical service, housing classified G in the DPE represents 5% of the Breton stock (the Ministry of Ecological Transition gives an estimate of 4.2%, Editor’s note). Among them, 18,000 are rented.
How will the owners of said thermal strainers behave with the rental ban?
Two options are available to them: renovate or resell. In the case of putting it up for sale, a discount of 10 to 15% is estimated because the buyers will certainly want to do work.
But who will want to buy these goods?
This can be for the primary or secondary residence. Nothing stands in the way. This will perhaps even allow purchasing opportunities at lower costs in expensive sectors, such as, for example, the Saint-Malo region. Investors could also be interested in doing work there by seeking aid.
“Rents can only explode. It’s a real social problem. Not everyone will be able to find accommodation. »
Won’t the exit of these properties from the rental market create a shortage of offers?
This is the crux of the problem. 40% of the current Breton rental stock is classified E or less. It’s huge. The Climate and Resilience Law plans to extend the rental ban to classes F in 2028, and to classes E in 2034. This means that 40% of the rental stock will be indecent in ten years (and therefore prohibited for rental, Editor’s note) .
The only way to remedy this is to put in place a real housing policy by facilitating work and new construction. But we can clearly see that in new construction, building permit filings are at their lowest. And on the renovation side, it became an obstacle course to obtain aid. We are therefore heading towards a housing shortage. And everything that is rare is expensive. So rents can only explode. It’s a real social problem. Not everyone will be able to find accommodation.
Will the new legislation accelerate energy renovation?
It goes in the right direction if it improves the comfort of tenants and keeps real estate in good condition. But we have to give ourselves the means.
What is surprising is that politics does not take up the matter. This borders on amateurism. Perhaps this ban will act as a shock and encourage owners to renovate. But we are still far from the goal.
