Overview
- A Fondation pour le logement des défavorisés study found that 42% of households endured excessive indoor heat in 2024 despite a moderate summer.
- Santé Publique France reported 3,700 heat-related fatalities in 2024 and a cumulative 34,000 deaths from heat since 2017.
- Deputies from seven political groups will submit the draft law this week to the Assemblée nationale, co-drafted with the Fondation.
- The proposal would categorize overheating as energy poverty, require a summer comfort rating on energy performance certificates and forbid utility cut-offs year-round.
- The Fondation estimates that equipping all homes with air circulators and solar protections will cost €1.1 billion annually through 2040 to reduce heat vulnerability.