The law requires certain obligations to the owners who would like to terminate the lease of their tenant.
In France, the law fixes strict rules which protect the occupants, and supervise the owner-logger relationship. Although they are protected in the event of unpaid rents, the owners cannot do what they want with their property rented. For example, they are required to provide decent and habitable accommodation. They cannot impose abusive clauses in the lease and rent increases must comply with certain conditions, especially in so -called tense areas of the territory.
Among the owner’s obligations to his tenant, there is a little known, linked to lease termination. Did you know that some tenants benefit from a special status? They are called protected tenants. Indeed, French law protects the occupants aged 65 and over when an owner wishes to end their rental lease. The public service site is formal: the tenant over 65 years old “is protected if its income is lower than certain amounts. These are income received during the 12 months preceding the notification of the leave (termination, editor’s note) to the tenant “.
For a person living alone, the resource ceiling in Ile-de-France is 26,687 euros and in other regions, it is 23,201 euros. The ceilings vary according to the composition of the home and the geographic location of the accommodation. If the two conditions on age and income are met, the occupant cannot be expelled from his accommodation overnight without a rehousing solution.
In this case, the owner is obliged to offer his tenant “A rehousing solution located near the tenant’s accommodation and corresponding to his needs and possibilities”detail the authorities. This proposal must also be submitted during the notice period, that is to say 6 months.
This protection also applies if the tenant lives with a person over 65, meeting the same resources. However, there is an exception, if the lessor is also 65 and over or if his income is below the thresholds set by law, he is not required to relocate his elderly tenant.