In France, all housing in the private sector (or almost) is subject to the same basic regulations which require that the amount of rent can only be revised once a year, on its anniversary date or on January 1. , as provided for in the lease.

Moreover, this change is necessarily indexed to the reference index of rents (IRL).

Contained inflation

Therefore, the calculation consists of dividing the last IRL published before the anniversary date of the lease by the IRL known at the time of signing the contract.

Then multiply the result by the initial rent to find the maximum increase that can be imposed on you.

Downside: this value is determined each quarter by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) according to the consumer price index, that of the cost of construction and that of the price of housing maintenance and improvement works.

However, given the current inflation, the IRL is clearly on the rise!

Between January and April 2022, this index thus climbed by 2.48%, before posting an additional +3.60% in July.

Before that, you have to go back to October 2019 (+ 1.20%) to find an increase greater than 1%!

Suffice to say that the next annual review of your rent promises to be salty...

The only consolation, the law on purchasing power of August 16, 2022 has exceptionally intervened in this calculation rule to limit the explosion of prices.

Thus, for revisions made between October 16, 2022 and July 16, 2023, the increase is capped at 3.5% in mainland France, 2% to 3.5% in Corsica and 2.5% overseas.


Good to know: The National Consumer Institute offers an online rent increase simulator.

A lot of exceptions

While the prospect of the next annual rent increase may scare many tenants, not everyone is concerned.

First of all, remember that this increase is not automatic and that your landlord can decide not to apply it.

Do not hesitate to talk about it with him.

In addition, some accommodations derogate from this regulation.

This is particularly the case for private dwellings under agreement with the National Housing Agency (Anah) for which the IRL remains the reference but within the limit of ceilings set per m2 and according to the zones.

Similarly, the metropolises that have put in place a reinforced framework for rents (Paris, Montpellier, Lille, Hellemmes, Lomme, Plaine commune, Lyon, Villeurbanne, Est Ensemble and Bordeaux) impose reference amounts not to be exceeded.

At the time of renewal of the lease, the price can then only be increased if it was lower than this amount.

For anecdotal purposes, the few thousand rentals subject to the law of 48 (131,400 were listed in 2013 by INSEE) are governed by their own rate of increase and again subject to a ceiling per m2.

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Finally, a new category of exceptions was added to the list on August 24, 2022: that of thermal colanders.

In fact, since that date, the rents for accommodation whose energy performance diagnosis is classified as F or G can no longer be increased, whether it is a renewal of a lease in progress, a renewal tacit or even a new lease.

Only work to change the classification of the DPE will allow the rent to be revised upwards.

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