Unpaid rents: the Assembly adopts a measure to speed up lease terminations

The National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a measure allowing a landlord to unilaterally terminate the lease of a tenant in the event of unpaid debts, without initiating legal action, within the framework of the examination of a proposal for anti-squat law.

This is one of the provisions of a text carried by the macronist Guillaume Kasbarian (Renaissance) for better protection of

but that the left qualifies as

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The article adopted Tuesday at first reading, with 154 votes against 50, aims to speed up legal proceedings in rental disputes by systematically including in lease contracts a

.

Activating this clause, in the event of unpaid rent in particular, would allow a landlord to obtain the termination of the lease without having to take legal action and thus be able to obtain an eviction of the tenant more quickly.

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Contrary to what was provided for in its initial version, the text provides that the judge may suspend this clause, provided that the tenant requests it.

The Modem, supported by the left and the government on this point, wanted the judge to be able to take action ex officio to suspend this clause, without a request from the tenant, to take into account situations of fragility.

But the amendment to this effect was rejected.

The Assembly also adopted another article of the text aimed at accelerating the contentious procedure for rental disputes, in particular by reducing the minimum period between a summons and the holding of a hearing.

During the work in committee, the rapporteur for the text assessed the average duration of the

The strong opposition from the left

"It's a law of social regression which deserves to be renamed 'anti-tenant law'"

, launched MP LFI Danielle Simonnet.

The leader of the rebellious deputies Mathilde Panot invited the promoters of the text to read the opinion published by the Defender of Rights Claire Hédon.

The latter considers that the proposed reform

.

“Strengthening the criminalization of illegal occupancy, or relaxing eviction procedures for unpaid rent, is neither necessary nor proportionate

,” she adds.

Despite opposition from the left and associations, the bill could be adopted with the LR and RN votes.

Supported by the Renaissance and Horizons groups (presidential majority), the text proposes in particular to triple the penalties incurred by squatters up to three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros.