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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.