Bercy seeks the parade to limit the flight of the rents which is related to the surge of fever of the inflation (+5,2% in May over one year according to the INSEE).
This will not go through the rent freeze, demanded by consumer associations: Élisabeth Borne, the Prime Minister, dismissed this option in an interview with the
JDD
ten days ago.
“We are faced with strong inflation, the objective is that the burden be shared between owners and tenants
,” says one in the entourage of the Minister of the Economy.
The State will also be able to play its role by upgrading housing aid.
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To lower tenants' bills without penalizing small landlords too heavily, Bercy wants to tackle the benchmark rent index (IRL) instead.
This quarterly index, the calculation of which depends on inflation, serves as the basis for the annual review of leases, most often on the anniversary date of entry into the premises.
It jumped 2.48% in the first quarter over one year, unheard of since its creation.
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A meeting was held this Wednesday between Bercy, the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion, and real estate rental professionals, at the end of which three solutions emerged and
“will be appraised”,
indicates Bercy.
"The challenge is to modify the IRL for a suitable and sustainable evolution of rents"
, says one of the participants.
The first track consists of taking energy prices out of the calculation of the benchmark rent index, which would limit the increase.
The second would be to take the average of the IRL over the last twelve months, and block this index for the following twelve months.
The third would consist of choosing the IRL for the 2nd quarter, which must be published in July, and freezing the rate to apply it for the next 12 months.
For the time being,
“nothing is decided”,
we remind Bercy.
The track chosen can be implemented
“after the legislative elections”
.