Tourist cities will be able to better regulate furnished tourist accommodation

The number of municipalities classified as tight areas and able to apply a surcharge on vacant housing and second homes will triple to around 3.700, the executive announced.

The ministries of Olivia Grégoire (Tourism), Dominique Faure (Communities) and Olivier Klein (Housing) made these announcements at the end of a working group on "the attrition (scarcity) of permanent housing in tourist areas" .

Some of these municipalities, classified as tourist areas and mostly located on the coast or in the mountains, will now be able to further regulate tourist accommodation, by imposing on owners an authorization procedure and a registration number for their property.

Throughout the country, furnished tourist accommodation may be subject to the same energy performance rules as long-term rental apartments, and therefore to the gradual ban on renting the most energy-intensive.

But the application of this rule will remain at the discretion of the municipalities, free to apply it or not and which will be responsible for monitoring compliance.

The Ministry of Housing is also studying a tax reform aimed at making tourist rentals less economically attractive.

The Loc'Avantages system, which allows individuals to rent accommodation at social rates in exchange for tax benefits, will see its rent ceilings increased on January 1, 2024. Landlords will therefore be able to rent at higher rates. , "which will make the device more suitable and more incentive, thus allowing it to be massive", according to the executive.

Several measures involve the creation of standardized digital platforms, in order to facilitate the collection and use of data by local authorities.