Is the end of rent control coming soon?

It was a court decision that caused a lot of noise and then “pschitt”. The Council of State has definitively annulled two decrees governing rents in Paris for the period from July 1, 2019, the date the system came into force in the capital (after being annulled by the courts in 2017) , as of June 30, 2021, according to a court decision that Le Figaro got herself (see below). It was enough to agitate the owners. “Is this the end of rent control?», asks an Internet user from Figaro. «Will I be able to claim a refund?», asks another who rented his apartment between 2020 and 2021. The disappointment lived up to the hope.

No, this is not the end of rent control. Already because this experimental system, launched reluctantly by Emmanuel Macron six years ago, will not end until November 2026. Then because it will not allow the owners concerned to claim any reimbursement. “The owners cannot hold the State responsible for preventing them from renting their property at a higher price.recognizes the National Union of Real Estate Owners (UNPI) which welcomes a “intellectual victory» and rejoices that “administrative justice finally hears the owners' cause».

End of the experiment in November 2026

The UNPI hopes that this decision will snowball and that other legal actions will be launched to denounce the illegality of rent control. A legality that the Minister of Housing has not yet called into question, even if she considers that the system “can discourage investors» and that its generalization, defended by La France Insoumise, is “dangerous“. According to our information, in June 2025, Valérie Létard plans to launch an evaluation for “judge the effectiveness of rent control» et «draw objective, reasoned and quantified conclusions» which will be returned “in fall 2025“, After “having taken stock with the cities concerned and all the territories».

On the side of the National Real Estate Federation of Greater Paris which “applauded» the decision of the Council of State, the opinion is already decided: the rent control, which “dries up the rental market ”, must be deleted. “The district does not determine the rent of a home but also its orientation, its condition, outdoor spaces and energy renovation.»