Does the Climate Law pose a risk to the rental stock?

While one in three owner-lessors does not know the provisions of the Climate Law, one in two, or 51,2%, considers the eradication of thermal strainers as essential from the point of view of the general interest. However, despite a favorable opinion on the new measures, constraints such as the timetable and terms imposed by the Climate and Resilience Law could be the straw that broke the camel's back for many of them.

This is what emerges from an exclusive survey conducted by PAP.fr with 6.177 landlord-owners between November 15 and 22, 2021. Out of all those surveyed, 31,8% of landlords surveyed plan to gradually withdraw from rental investment with regard to what they consider to be a multiplication of constraints weighing on rental! And if 43,5% plan to continue renting, it is by refraining from making new acquisitions ...

Almost one in three homeowners does not know the Climate Law and its provisions!

30,5% of homeowners surveyed said they were unaware that the Climate and Resilience Law adopted in 2021 will make G-rated homes indecent in 2025 then F in 2028.

They are even 40% to ignore that the classified housing E will be concerned from January 1, 2034. These results testify to a lack of knowledge of the provisions and the calendar which are not anecdotal ...

And nearly one in three owners do not know if they are affected by the rental ban in 2025 or 2028!

To the question, do you own a home classified F or G, 31,1% of those questioned answered that they had no idea ... 38,5% declared that they were not concerned and 30,4% knew that '' they have one or more accommodation (s) classified F or G.

More generally, landlords seem increasingly demotivated ...

31,8% of owners surveyed plan to gradually withdraw from rental investment considering that the schedule and the constraints associated with it are the straw that broke the camel's back, especially among property owners in areas subject to rent control.

At this stage, it is only an intention but if the owners did indeed take action, there would not be far from a third of the rental properties that could end up on the rental market. short or medium term sale with an unknown on the stock of rental properties available in the long term ...

Among those who wish to continue renting, 43,5% say that they are therefore not considering new acquisitions and prefer to stick to the housing stock they already own.

But, despite everything, aware of the need to eradicate thermal strainers ...

When asked about the constraints that seem essential to them from the point of view of the general interest (several answers possible), they primarily cite the progressive ban on renting thermal strainers with a citation rate of 51,3%, far ahead of the rent control in certain towns which only collects 28,6%.

Climate imperatives are therefore better understood and accepted than one might have thought.