The Council of State rejects several appeals and maintains the control of rents in Paris

"The request of the UNPI and the National Chamber of Owners is rejected," concluded the highest administrative court, in a decision handed down on Tuesday, which AFP was able to consult on Wednesday.

The deputy mayor of Paris in charge of housing, Ian Brossat, welcomed this decision on Twitter, which he hailed as a "victory": "Good news for tenants who are tired of too much rent dear. We are going to work on enforcing it better".

In territories where rent control applies, real estate professionals must mention in their advertisements the maximum rent authorized for each property.

The UNPI and the National Chamber of Owners had asked the Council of State to cancel, for excess of power, the decree of April 12, 2019 fixing the perimeter of the territories of the city of Paris on which the device of rent control provided for in article 140 of the law of 23 November 2018.

The rent control initially concerned only Paris and Lille, before being extended to 18 cities of Seine-Saint-Denis in the Parisian suburbs as well as to the metropolises of Bordeaux, Montpellier and Lyon in particular.

Three other requests examined by the Council of State, also rejected, aimed at the control of rents in Lille and the definition of two perimeters where the control of rents applies in the Paris region.

More than a quarter of Parisian rents had remained in excess in 2020 despite the reintroduction of their supervision in 2019, had indicated at the end of December the Observatory of rents of the Parisian agglomeration (Olap).