The government announces a simplification of the energy performance diagnosis (DPE)

At the end of September, due to inflation, the minister seemed in favor of postponing the timetable for banning the rental from January 2025 of housing classified "G" and in 2028 of those classified "F" by the new performance diagnosis energy (DPE). This is no longer based on energy bills, but on the characteristics of the building.

A few days later, he no longer mentioned a change in the calendar, but the need to modify the DPE which, according to him, presents "biases".

Tuesday, during a meeting with entrepreneurs dedicated to simplification, in Viry-Châtillon (Essonne), Mr. Le Maire declared "to continue to think that we must simplify the DPE".

“And it will be,” he assured, “especially so that small areas are treated in the same way as larger areas.” According to him, this is “extremely important for student housing”.

"I opened the subject several months ago, I was criticized for it: in general when I launch a subject", "a fight which seems fair to me", "it is wisely, having thought about it before ", and "I will go all the way", warned Mr. Le Maire, agreeing that being in charge of Energy now gave him "more legitimacy to do it".

The government's number two also assured that there would be "a text on housing", because there is "an urgency to build quickly in very dense areas".

“We will build quickly, through simplification of the rules, exemptions, support for the construction sector, it will work, it will be more efficient,” he assured, affirming that this text would not resemble “the "old housing policy" and would not be accompanied by "tax measures allowing some people to line their pockets to build few housing units".

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