Gone are the homes that let astronomical amounts of heating escape into the air and leave their occupants in the cold.
The National Assembly voted unanimously on Monday evening to ban the rental of housing "thermal strainers" in 2028.
When renewing a lease or re-letting, it will first be prohibited to increase the rent of homes classified F and G in energy performance, one year after the promulgation of the Climate Law, examined at first reading by MPs.
In 2025 for the G class and from 2028 for the F, they will no longer be part of "decent housing".
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According to the government, 1.8 million homes will be banned for renting.
As planned, MEPs have extended the measure to classified E housing in 2034, via an amendment by rapporteur Mickaël Nogal (LREM).
Opposition from all sides criticize a "trompe-l'oeil ban", in the words of Vincent Descœur (LR).
"Do you think that someone who is languishing in unsanitary housing will have a reflex to go and seize the judge?
That never happens, ”said socialist Guillaume Garot.
The legal obligation to rent "decent accommodation"
Housing Minister Emmanuelle Wargon deplores a “false debate”.
"It is a choice of prohibition through a mechanism proposed by the Citizen's Convention for the climate", she insists, with a "legal obligation" to rent out "decent housing".
"If this is not the case, the tenant can appeal to the liability of the lessor, first through a conciliation mechanism and then before the judge", specifies the Minister.
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A member of the MoDem group, in the majority, François Pupponi recognizes "a step forward".
However, “everyone knows that sleep merchants can sleep peacefully,” he believes.
A person in an irregular situation who rents a room with his family is not going to file a complaint, that's where the problem lies ”.
✅ Our method: encourage owner-occupants to engage in energy renovation, support them financially, support them from A to Z.
We are further improving this support thanks to the # ClimatRilience law! @Barbarapompili @MickaelNogal @oliviersichel https: // t.co/V6j84DHYPA
- Emmanuelle Wargon (@EmmWargon) April 12, 2021
In the afternoon, the Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili defended “one of the major pieces” of the bill.
"Today it is one in six homes that can be qualified as a thermal strainer, which means 4.8 million homes in which households are too hot in summer and too cold in winter".
Emmanuelle Wargon underlined the long-term “target”: to have a “low carbon fleet in 2050”, for “old” as well as “new”.
The aim would be to achieve a “B” average in terms of energy performance.
