Overview

• A bipartisan report by Annaïg Le Meur (EPR) and Iñaki Echaniz (PS) recommends turning the trial into a permanent scheme and opening it to all willing communes in tense markets as well as neighboring municipalities.
• The rent cap currently operates in 72 collectivités under a time‑limited experiment that is scheduled to end in November 2026.
• To reduce disputes over exceptional surcharges, the report proposes to standardize supplements by assigning a relative price per square meter to annex surfaces such as terraces, cellars and mezzanines, alongside greater transparency of court decisions.
• APUR estimates that average rents in Paris from July 2023 to June 2024 were 8.2% lower than they would have been without the cap.
• The authors argue the mechanism is not behind the wider decline in rental supply and urge improvements to reference‑rent data, measures against circumvention via coliving or shared leases, adjusted appeal timelines and safeguards against abusive lease terminations.