Overview
- Lawmakers are examining deputy Iñaki Echaniz’s proposal today under the Socialist parliamentary niche, with any adopted text still requiring Senate approval.
- The plan would prevent the experiment’s November 2026 sunset and allow rent caps across all legally defined high-pressure markets and their intercommunalities.
- The draft would cap the rent premium at 20% of the ceiling, set per‑square‑meter limits for annexes such as cellars, balconies and mezzanines, double maximum fines, and extend tenants’ time to contest premiums.
- Housing minister Vincent Jeanbrun says he will not support the text pending an economists’ study, while reports describe cross‑party backing except from the Rassemblement National.
- Supporters cite an Apur study showing Paris rents 8.2% below a no‑cap scenario with €1,694 in average annual tenant savings, a parliamentary report concluding the scheme works, and a tenant case that recovered €7,000 after a complaint.