Can a tenant sublet their home? - Social housing
Verified 24 juillet 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The subletting of a whole social housing is prohibited.
If the tenant does not comply with this prohibition, the landlord may ask the judge to terminate the tenant's lease and the subtenant's lease.
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- Departmental Agency for Housing Information (Adil)
Empty and furnished housing (furnished lease signed since March 27, 2014)
Housing "law of 48" (general rules of subletting)
Housing "law of 48" (sublease rent)
Social housing: subletting prohibited, except exceptions
Social housing: subletting to the elderly or disabled
Sublet to a person under 30
Definition of intergenerational cohabitation in solidarity
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National Agency for Housing Information (Anil)