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Ma Prime Logement Décent: the French Grant That Pays up to 90% of a Wreck’s Repairs, and Who Actually Gets It
France’s Anah pays 60 to 90 percent of heavy works on a degraded home, up to €70,000, for modest households who live in it. Who qualifies (residents, not holiday-home owners), the five ways a house qualifies, the strings, the sister aid for landlords with no income test, and how to apply in the right order.
Made in Europe or No Bonus: France Rewrites the Heat-Pump Grant Rules (1 September 2026)
From 1 September 2026 the coup de pouce chauffage pays for a heat pump only if the model is on a State-approved, European-assembled list. What changed, who still qualifies (second homes do not get the bonus), the solar twist, and the date that decides everything.
Brussels Picks a Side: the EU Law Coming for Europe’s Holiday Rentals
The EU is preparing an Affordable Housing Act that backs city crackdowns on short-term lets. France is already ahead, and the one reliable legal challenge is closing. What owners should do.
Signed and Published: France’s DPE Rewrite Will Erase 300,000 Passoires in January
The arrêté of 19 August 2026 is in the Journal officiel: the DPE electricity coefficient falls to 1.7 on 1 January 2027, and around 300,000 homes will shed passoire status without a single work being done.
The Foreign Owner’s Guide to the French Copropriété AGM (Assemblée Générale)
Convocation deadlines, proxies, postal votes, the four majorities and the procès-verbal: how the French copropriété AGM really works for foreign owners.
Taxe Foncière Discounts: Which Ones Can You Actually Claim?
France offers six taxe foncière reliefs, from a €100 automatic discount to a cap that stops the bill exceeding half your income. Which ones a non-resident owner can actually claim, with the 2026 thresholds and deadlines.