Rent increase and revision during a residential lease (empty housing) - Exceptional mark-up

Verified 08 août 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

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Warning  

These rules do not apply to housing governed by the 1948 law or Contracted Anah, or furnished accommodation.

Exceptionally, the rent can be increased during the lease in case of improvement work made at the expense of the owner, in the dwelling or in the common parts of the building.

This may include work that includes:

  • New equipment, service or quality that is superior to existing services (e.g. lift)
  • A decrease in maintenance and operating costs (e.g. boiler meeting the latest standards),
  • Greater security for goods and people (e.g. armored door, digicode)

The landlord and tenant agree on the amount of the rent increase resulting from this work:

  • Either in accordance with a clause already present in the lease
  • Either by the signature of a endorsement

Warning  

Raising the rent is prohibited in the following cases:

  • In metropolitan France, when the lease is signed, renewed or tacitly renewed since 24 august 2022, and it concerns a dwelling classified F or G (classification indicated on the EPD: titleContent)
  • In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion and Mayotte, when the lease is signed, renewed or tacitly renewed since 1er July 2024, and it concerns a dwelling classified F or G (classification indicated on the EPD: titleContent).

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