Energy-intensive housing, also called thermal sieves, will be prohibited from renting from January 1, 2025.
Published on 30/12/2024 15:37
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From Wednesday, energy-intensive housing classified G can no longer be rented for new contracts. A judged situation “absurd” by the president of the PAP (Private to Individual) site. Corinne Jolly estimates, Monday December 30 on franceinfo, that there will be no “big bang” from January 1, “the law will not be applied as it stands because it is not realistic.”
According to the timetable set as part of the 2021 resilience law, housing classified G in the energy performance diagnosis will be classified indecent from 2025, then housing F in 2028 and housing E in 2034. On the other hand, the law n does not prohibit owners from renting under penalty of sanction, it is up to the tenant to contact a judge if necessary. Gold, “worry” tenants, underlines Corinne Jolly, “It’s about finding accommodation, not attacking their landlord.” “We cannot remove these 600,000 housing units from the stock”she believes.
On the owners' side, the president of the PAP site rather observes “a wait-and-see attitude” in view of “the instability of laws, sanctions”. The Minister of Housing, Valérie Létard, herself said she was in favor of an adaptation for co-ownerships last October. “We have been saying for years that this timetable is not realistic at all”regrets Corinne Jolly. Owners face “lots of problems”recalls the president of PAP: “financing problem”, “major practical problems in co-ownerships where the work must be approved”, “technical problems, interior insulation takes away surface area and exterior insulation is not always possible. “
Owners too “discouraged” in the “maze of renovation aids” who will prefer to sell their property. “There are buyers for thermal strainers right now,” confirms the president of the PAP site, “because these goods sell for less”. According to French notaries, these homes classified G or F represent 13% of sales in the last quarter of 2024.
