“Flexibility” measures announced in mid-February, towards reforming the method of calculating DPE

“In mid-February, I will announce a simplification of the DPE that will make it possible to maintain the ambition of the initial timetable while making the system more reliable for small areas and implementing flexibility measures that allow owners and tenants to reach the date. January 1, 2025 with more confidence,” the minister revealed without further details. DPE is a key indicator that measures a home’s energy consumption.

“Prejudices”

The new DPE, which came into effect in July 2021, considers the impact on greenhouse gas emissions from housing. More precisely, it is no longer based on the occupants’ energy consumption bills but on the physical characteristics of the building. From January 1, 2023, the most energy-intensive housing (classified G+), which shows a consumption of more than 450 kilowatt hours per square meter per year, is prohibited for renting.

From 2025, all G-rated housing (i.e. currently 7% of the stock) will be restricted by climate law to rent in order to achieve France’s climate objectives. Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire had already announced last week a simplification and change to the calculation of the DPE, which he said introduced a “bias” and disadvantaged small areas.

Housing production will “relaunch”.

Christophe Bechu also indicated that he wants to “relaunch production” of housing, taking into account some of the announcements made by Gabriel Etal the day before. In order to “restore real estate purchasing power to the French”, the minister wants to “evaluate new financial instruments such as bullet loans”, which separate the payment of interest and the repayment of capital, or the “mortgage model (foreclosure of the property by the bank. repayment of the credit by its owner Event not to do, editor’s note).