What are the rules of a mobility lease?

Verified 06 June 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The mobility lease is a lease signed between the owner (landlord) of a furnished dwelling and a tenant considered as a temporary occupant (student, employee on temporary assignment or vocational training...). It is valid for 1 to 10 months and cannot be renewed. We present you with the information you need to know.

Only certain people can be the tenant (or roommate) of a mobility lease.

When the lease begins (which may be different from the date the lease was signed), the tenant must be in one of the following situations:

  • Vocational training
  • Higher education
  • Apprenticeship contract
  • Internship
  • Voluntary engagement in civic service
  • Occupational transfer
  • Temporary assignment in the course of professional activity

FYI  

The tenant must justify his situation by a document (apprenticeship contract, traineeship agreement, training agreement,...). There is a list of supporting documents that the landlord (or real estate agent) may demand from the prospective tenant.

Housing must to be decent, that is, it must comply with the following characteristics:

  • Have a minimum surface area,
  • Include certain minimum equipment,
  • Have maximum energy consumption,
  • Do not harm the health or safety of the tenant
  • Not be infested with pests or parasites.

As furnished accommodation, it must also contain at least the following furniture:

  • Bedding with duvet or blanket
  • Shutters or curtains in the rooms
  • Cooking plates
  • Microwave oven or oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Freezer or freezer compartment of the refrigerator with a maximum temperature of -6°
  • Sufficient dishes for occupants to eat
  • Kitchen utensils
  • Table
  • Seats
  • Storage shelves
  • Lighting Fixtures
  • Household maintenance equipment adapted to the characteristics of the housing (vacuum cleaner if there is carpet, broom and mop for tiles...).

FYI  

An inventory and detailed statement of the furniture must be made when the keys are handed over to the tenant and when they are returned to the owner (or his representative). These documents must be signed by the landlord and tenant and must be attached to the lease. The drawing up of these documents may not be subject to any billing other than that connected with the drawing up of the inventory (inventory of entry points and exit inventory).

The mobility lease shall be concluded for a minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 10 months.

This lease is non-renewable and non-renewable.

The lease duration can be changed once per agreeable, but the total duration may not exceed 10 months.

When the lease ends, if the tenant and the landlord sign a new lease for the same unit, then that new lease is a mandatory "classic" residential lease.

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General case

Mandatory Content

The lease is in writing.

It contains the following information:

  • Name of the owner and his address, or name and registered office of his agent (e.g. real estate agency)
  • Name of tenant
  • Effective date of the lease (the date on which the lease enters into force)
  • Lease duration (if not specified, the mobility lease is not applicable)
  • Reason justifying the tenant's right to a mobility lease (if this reason is not given, the mobility lease is not applicable)
  • Sentence indicating the lease is a mobility lease governed by title 1ter of law 89-462 of the law of 6 july 1989 on improving rental relations (if the sentence is not written, the mobility lease is not applicable)
  • Consistency, destination, living space of housing
  • Designation of premises and equipment for private use which the tenant has exclusive use of and, if necessary, list of parts, equipment and accessories of the building which are the subject of common use and equipment for access to information and communication technologies (e.g. fiber)
  • Amount of rent and its terms of payment (monthly, quarterly payment...)
  • Amount and date of payment of the last rent applied to the previous tenant, if he left the accommodation less than 18 months before the signature of the lease
  • Nature and amount of work carried out in the dwelling since the end of the last rental contract
  • Sentence indicating that the landlord is prohibited from asking the tenant for a security deposit
Banned Content

The mobility lease may not contain the following clauses:

Attached documents

The lease must include the following documents in an annex:

The rented accommodation is part of a condominium

Mandatory Content

The lease is in writing and contains the following information:

  • Name of the owner and his address, or name and registered office of his representative (example: real estate agency)
  • Name of tenant
  • Effective date of the lease (the date on which the lease enters into force)
  • Lease duration (if not specified, the mobility lease is not applicable)
  • Reason justifying the tenant's right to a mobility lease (if this reason is not given, the mobility lease is not applicable)
  • Sentence indicating the lease is a mobility lease governed by title 1ter of law 89-462 of the law of 6 july 1989 on improving rental relations (if the sentence is not written, the mobility lease is not applicable)
  • Consistency, destination, living space of housing
  • Designation of premises and equipment for private use which the tenant has exclusive use of and, if necessary, list of parts, equipment and accessories of the building which are the subject of common use and equipment for access to information and communication technologies (e.g. fiber)
  • Amount of rent and its terms of payment (monthly, quarterly payment...)
  • Amount and date of payment of the last rent applied to the previous tenant, if he left the accommodation less than 18 months before the signature of the lease
  • Nature and amount of work carried out in the dwelling since the end of the last rental contract
  • Sentence indicating that the owner is prohibited from applying for a security deposit
Banned Content

The mobility lease may not contain the following clauses:

  • Prohibited clauses in a furnished lease
  • Clause providing for security deposit
  • Clause providing for solidarity between roommates or their bonds
  • Clause providing for the renewal or renewal of the mobility lease
Extracts from the co-ownership rules

The landlord must provide the tenant with extracts from the co-ownership agreement that relate to or specify the following:

  • Destination of the building
  • Use and enjoyment of private and communal areas
  • Quota relating to the lot leased in each of the categories of charges
Attached documents:

The lease must include the following documents in an annex:

The owner is authorized to request a surety. In this case, the tenant may in particular resort to the Visal guarantee, including if he is a student.

FYI  

There is a list of supporting documents which the owner may require from the guarantor.

The owner is prohibited from applying for a security deposit.

The rules for setting the rent depend on the municipality of the dwelling.

There are 3 types of municipalities:

  • The municipalities of Paris, Bordeaux, Is Together, Lille (Hellemmes, Lomme), Lyon and Villeurbanne, Montpellier, Common plain, and the Basque Country since november 25, 2024
  • The municipalities in a stretched area
  • The other communes

To find out if the dwelling is in a stretched area, you can use this simulator:

Whether a dwelling is located in a tense area (notice from the tenant and rent control)

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Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Est Ensemble, Grenoble-Alpes Ensemble, Pays Basque, Plaine commune...

The rent is subject to the rent control when the dwelling located at Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Hellemmes and Lomme, Lyon and Villeurbanne, Montpellier, or in the constituent municipalities Is Together, Basque Country, Common plain, or in a part of the territory of Grenoble-Alpes Metropole.

The rent cannot be revised during the lease.

FYI  

Rent and recoverable charges are due during the tenant's notice (leave), unless the tenant is replaced by another tenant in agreement with the landlord.

Stretched area

The rent is subject to rent control.

Its amount cannot be revised during the lease.

FYI  

Rent and recoverable charges are due during the tenant's notice (leave), unless the tenant is replaced by another tenant in agreement with the landlord.

Other municipality

The rent is freely fixed by the owner.

Its amount cannot be revised during the lease.

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Rent and recoverable charges are due during the tenant's notice (leave), unless the tenant is replaced by another tenant in agreement with the landlord.

Rental expenses are as follows:

Elevators and lifts

Expenditure relating to the operation of the lift and recoverable from the lessee shall be the following:

  • Electrical
  • Operation of the aircraft (periodic inspection, cleaning, semi-annual examination of wires, maintenance company record of technical inspections, incidents)
  • Supply of products or small maintenance equipment (rags, greases and oils needed, cabin lighting lamps)
  • Minor repairs to the cab (change of dispatch buttons, door hinges), bearings (mechanical, electrical or pneumatic door closures) and fuses.

FYI  

The roadworthiness test to be carried out every 5 years is not a recoverable charge.

Cold water, hot water and district heating

Expenses related to water or heating, and recoverable from the tenant, are the following:

  • Cold and hot water for all occupants
  • Water required for routine maintenance of common areas, including the treatment plant
  • Water required for routine maintenance of outdoor spaces
  • Products necessary for the operation, maintenance and treatment of water
  • Supply of energy whatever its nature
  • Operation of general and individual meters and maintenance of smoke purifiers
  • Repair of leaks on joints.
Individual installations

For individual facilities, the expenses recoverable from the tenant are the following:

  • Heating and hot water production
  • Water distribution in private areas (control of connections, flow rate and temperature adjustment, troubleshooting, replacement of bell seals of flushing).

FYI  

The electricity used by the tenant in the rented accommodation must be paid by the tenant himself (each tenant must subscribe with a distributing company).

Internal common areas

Expenses related to the common parts of the building, and recoverable from the tenant, are the following:

  • Electrical
  • Provision of cleaning products (brooms and bags for waste disposal) and disinsectization and disinfection products
  • Maintenance of timer, carpets, garbage empties
  • Repair of cleaners such as vacuum cleaners
  • Maintenance personnel costs.
Outdoor spaces

Regarding outdoor spaces, the expenses recoverable from the tenant are the following:

  • Taxiways
  • Parking areas
  • Approaches to green spaces
  • Playground equipment for children.
Taxes and fees

The expenses remaining to be borne by the tenant include:

Real Estate Clerk, Warden or Concierge

Under certain conditions, the salary of the building employee, or caretaker, or janitor, is part of the expenses recoverable from the tenant.

The rental charges are payable to the landlord in the form of a lump sum paid simultaneously with the rent.

The amount of the package and the frequency of payment (every month, every 3 months...) are entered in the lease. This amount may not be manifestly disproportionate to the last amount statement by nature of charges.

Every month, the owner must forward the assessment of the consumption of heat, cold and domestic hot water in the dwelling, where the building is equipped with individual heat meters that can be remotely lifted, measuring devices that can be remotely lifted to determine the quantity of cold, a device for individualizing the costs of domestic hot water.

When the dwelling is in a condominium, the owner must transmit the information he receives from the trustee.

FYI  

The rent and charges are due by the tenant for the entire duration of the notice (leave), unless this outgoing tenant is replaced before the end of the notice by another tenant in agreement with the owner.

The tenant can ask the landlord to send him a rent receipt free of charge, against the full payment of the rent (including charges). This document indicates that all amounts due have been paid.

If the tenant pays only part of the rent, the landlord must issue a simple receipt.

This letter template can be used to request a receipt from the owner:

Request a rent receipt from the landlord (or real estate agency)

The subleasing is possible, provided that the tenant obtains the written agreement of the owner.

A flatshare is the rental by several roommates of the same dwelling, which all use as principal residence.

It can take the form of:

  • Either a single mobility lease signed by all roommates
  • That is, as many mobility leases as there are roommates.

Warning  

A mobility lease cannot have solidarity clause between roommates or their sureties.

The tenant may terminate the mobility lease at any time, but he must notify in advance the owner of the dwelling (or the notary or real estate agency that manages the dwelling). For that, he owes it to him to give leave and respect a period of notice of one month.

This can be done as follows:

  • Either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt
  • Either by act of commissioner of justice (formerly bailiff's bill)
  • Either by hand delivery against signature or receipt

The tenant can write his leave based on this letter template:

Renter with a mobility lease: give notice (leave) to the owner of the accommodation

The period of notice shall begin on the day:

  • the receipt of the letter recommended by the owner (or the real estate agency)
  • or service of the act of the Commissioner of Justice
  • or hand-over

Example :

A letter of leave received by the recipient on September 5 gives one month's notice until midnight on October 5 (not October 30).

Where the dates are not identical, this is the last day of that month: a period of one month starting on 30 January expires on 28 February, or on 29 February for leap years.

Holidays and weekends are included in this calculation. If the notice ends on a Sunday, it ends on that day, not the Friday before or the Monday after.

The rent and charges are due during the period of notice given by the tenant, unless the accommodation is occupied before the end of the notice by another tenant in agreement with the owner (or real estate agency).

If the notice period ends during the month, the amount of rent and charges you owe for the last month is proportional to the number of days you disposed of the accommodation:

Example :

  • Where the last month of notice has 30 daysand the notice ends on the 5th, the amount due for the last month is 5/30e of the monthly amount
  • Where the last month of notice has 31 daysand the notice ends on the 5th, the amount due for the last month is 5/31e of the monthly amount
  • Where the last month of notice has 28 daysand the notice ends on the 5th, the amount due for the last month is 5/28e of the monthly amount
  • Where the last month of notice has 29 daysand the notice ends on the 5th, the amount due for the last month is 5/29e of the monthly amount.

The landlord may sell the dwelling, or give it away free of charge, while the mobility lease is in progress.

The new owner must provide the following information to the tenant:

  • Its name or name
  • His domicile or registered office
  • Name and address of the real estate agency (if necessary)

The tenant stays in the premises and sees his lease continue under the same conditions with this new owner.

When the lease expires, 3 situations are possible:

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The tenant wants to leave the house

The tenant may terminate the mobility lease at any time, but he must notify in advance the owner of the dwelling (or the notary or real estate agency that manages the dwelling). For that, he owes it to him to give leave and respect a period of notice of one month.

This can be done as follows:

  • Either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt
  • Either by act of commissioner of justice (formerly bailiff's bill)
  • Either by hand delivery against signature or receipt
Content of the leave

The tenant can write his leave based on this letter template:

Renter with a mobility lease: give notice (leave) to the owner of the accommodation

Start of the period of notice

The period of notice shall begin on the day:

  • the receipt of the letter recommended by the owner (or the real estate agency)
  • or service of the act of the Commissioner of Justice
  • or hand-over

Example :

A letter of leave received by the recipient on September 5 gives one month's notice until midnight on October 5 (not October 30).

Where the dates are not identical, this is the last day of that month: a period of one month starting on 30 January expires on 28 February, or on 29 February for leap years.

Holidays and weekends are included in this calculation. If the notice ends on a Sunday, it ends on that day, not the Friday before or the Monday after.

Effect on the payment of rent and charges

The rent and charges are due during the period of notice given by the tenant, unless the accommodation is occupied before the end of the notice by another tenant in agreement with the owner (or real estate agency).

If the notice period ends during the month, the amount of rent and charges you owe for the last month is proportional to the number of days you disposed of the accommodation:

Example :

  • Where the last month of notice has 30 daysand the notice ends on the 5th, the amount due for the last month is 5/30e of the monthly amount.
  • Where the last month of notice has 31 daysand the notice ends on the 5th, the amount due for the last month is 5/31e of the monthly amount.
  • Where the last month of notice has 28 daysand the notice ends on the 5th, the amount due for the last month is 5/28e of the monthly amount.
  • Where the last month of notice has 29 daysand the notice ends on the 5th, the amount due for the last month is 5/29e of the monthly amount.

The landlord wants the house back

When the lease expires, the landlord does not need to give the lessee his or her leave (notice) to terminate the mobility lease.

The tenant wants to stay in the apartment

The lease duration can be changed once per agreeable, but the total duration may not exceed 10 months.

When the lease expiresHowever, the tenant and landlord may sign a new lease for the same dwelling, but this new lease must be a "classic" residential lease.

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