The Relance Logement Bill, Article by Article: What the Senate Passed and What the Assemblée Still Has to Decide
The Senate has rewritten the Relance Logement bill and the Assemblée nationale takes it up this autumn. All ten articles explained: the works-contract reprieve for F and G homes, summer comfort in copropriété votes, planning derogation zones, the loosened Jeanbrun, the island second-home surcharge, and what each one means for a foreign owner.
Loi de 1948 Rents in 2026: the 0.78% Decree, the €204 Ceiling, and Why a Cheap Paris Flat Can Be a Bad Deal
Décret 2026-712 lets landlords of loi de 1948 homes raise rents by 0.78 percent from 1 July 2026, up to a ceiling that can be a tenth of the market rent. What the regime is, how the increase differs from an IRL revision, how a landlord gets out, and what a buyer of a flat with a 1948 tenant is really buying.
Marine Le Pen’s Housing Programme: What the RN Would Change for Foreign Owners of French Property (2027)
The Rassemblement national wants to scrap the IFI, the second-home surcharge, rent control and the DPE letting bans, and cut the capital gains clock to 15 years. Measure by measure, what would change for a foreign owner, what the numbers really say, and how much of it could happen after April 2027.
Your Holiday-Let Guest Won’t Leave? France’s Préfet Can Now Evict Them in Days, but the Squatter Penalty Was Struck Out
Since 20 August 2026 a guest who stays on after a French holiday-let booking ends can be removed by the préfet in days, without a court. The Conseil constitutionnel kept the eviction and struck out the squatter penalties. What the law says, how the procedure runs, and why the phenomenon it targets barely exists.
Paris Rent Control Is Losing Its Grip: 46% of Listings Now Breach the Cap, Eleven Weeks Before It Expires
Nearly half of Paris rental listings now sit above the legal ceiling, up from 31 percent a year ago, with the cap due to lapse on 24 November unless the Senate acts on 21 October. What the 2026 barometer measured, who is overshooting, and what a foreign landlord should do before relisting.
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.