Overview
- The Senate economic affairs commission voted Wednesday to prolong the rent‑control experiment for two years at its current perimeter and refused to make the policy permanent.
- Lawmakers approved an amendment to strengthen reporting to the Gérer mon bien immobilier (GMBI) platform so evaluators can get better data on landlords and rentals.
- If Parliament does not adopt an extension or permanence, the experiment is scheduled to lapse around November 26, and the text now goes to a full Senate debate on October 21 that could force another Assembly reading.
- Public polling shows strong backing for rent controls at about 83 percent and a 12‑city coalition warned that ending the experiment could drive steep rent increases, while Housing Minister Vincent Jeanbrun has said he personally opposes maintaining the measure.
- The scheme was created under the 2014 Alur law and has run as an experiment since 2019 in roughly 70 communes; senators say existing studies are inconclusive about effects on rental supply, which is the stated reason for delaying permanent adoption.