DPE F or G: the rent has been frozen since August 24, 2022
Even before the letting ban, the Climate and Resilience Act blocks any rent increase on a home rated F or G. What is forbidden, since when, and how to get out of it.
Updated on November 9, 2026
The calendar, class by class
From each date, a home of that class is no longer decent: no lease can be signed, renewed or tacitly renewed.
| Class | Mainland France and Corsica | Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, La Réunion, Mayotte |
|---|---|---|
| G | January 1, 2025 | January 1, 2028 |
| F | January 1, 2028 | January 1, 2031 |
| E | January 1, 2034 | No date set |
| F and G rent freezeThis page | August 24, 2022 | July 1, 2024 |
What is forbidden
- The yearly IRL review during the lease (article 17-1 of the law of 6 July 1989).
- A rent increase after improvement works that leave the home at F or G.
- An increase when the lease is renewed.
- An increase between two tenants: the new rent cannot exceed the previous tenant's last rent.
Since when
In mainland France, the freeze covers leases signed, renewed or tacitly renewed since August 24, 2022. In Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, La Réunion and Mayotte, since July 1, 2024.
It covers unfurnished and furnished lets as a main residence, and the bail mobilité. Holiday lets are not concerned.
The only way out
Works that bring the home to at least class E, proved by a new DPE carried out after the works. The rent can then be reviewed again, under the usual conditions.
Mind that a G home has already been indecent since January 1, 2025, and an F one will be from January 1, 2028. The freeze is only the first step of the calendar.
What about your home?
Pick the class, the location and the lease date: the tool tells you whether the home can be let, until when, and whether its rent is frozen. Free, no sign-up.
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In F or G, Kivlo blocks the rent review. It flags an unknown class and warns you when your DPE is about to expire.
Your questions.
Sources
- service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F35978
- service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/actualites/A17975
- service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1311
- legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000043977085
- ecologie.gouv.fr/politiques-publiques/location-gel-loyers-passoires-energetiques
Updated on November 9, 2026
General information, up to date on the date shown. When in doubt, your département's ADIL advises you for free.
No, as long as the home is rated F or G and the lease was signed, renewed or tacitly renewed since the freeze began. The clause stays in the lease, but it cannot be applied.
Not above the last rent the previous tenant paid, as long as the home is rated F or G.