Droit immobilier

Housing bills tabled in Parliament, seizure of housing benefits in the « casseurs-payeurs » bill, judicial acceptance, withdrawal of appeal and the insurer, standing for the ten-year warranty, automatic rent increase clauses, subdivisions.

Judicial acceptance of works cannot be ordered without the contractors concerned (Cass. 3e civ., 10 September 2026); energy performance diagnosis order of 11 June 2026 takes effect on 1 January 2027.

MaPrimeRénov’ narrowed on 1 September 2026, energy savings certificates, six published judgments of the third civil chamber of 3 September, Conseil d’État on commercial planning, new standard leases from 1 October.

New standard residential lease contracts become mandatory, DPE framework unchanged, Géoportail closes, two Cour de cassation rulings on co-ownership, a Conseil d’État decision on adversarial proceedings.

Precautionary suspension of energy-renovation quality labels, replacing a co-ownership provisional administrator without notice to the public prosecutor, the syndicate’s strict liability for a common part under exclusive use.

Housing bill adopted in committee, new social and financial assessment form, regularisation of a permit despite land becoming unbuildable, transferred subdivision roads, standing of a lessee under the ten-year liability.

Short answer. A buyer of a house or flat in France who discovers after the sale a serious defect that