#2026-553France improves access to social housing for public service workers
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This law lets certain social housing leases be tied to the tenant’s public service job. It mainly affects civil servants, military personnel, and, in tight housing areas, employees of public transport operators who receive housing through an employer reservation system. If the worker leaves the job that justified the housing, the employer may ask the landlord to end the lease within one year. The tenant must receive at least six months’ notice, with extra protection possible for serious medical, family, or professional situations, and continued occupancy rights for some tenants with disabilities.
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Key Changes
- Allows social housing leases for certain public service workers to include a job-linked occupancy clause
- Lets employers ask landlords to terminate the lease if the worker leaves the job that justified the housing
- Sets tenant protections, including at least six months’ notice and possible extensions or continued occupancy in hardship or disability cases
Obligations
What this law requires
Employer-reservation agreements between a reserving employer and a social landlord must state, where applicable, that the functional clause under Article L. 442-7 will be used.
A lease that limits a tenant’s right to remain because housing was allocated due to a public service job must contain a functional clause identifying the specific employment that justifies the tenant’s right to remain in the premises.
If the employment justifying the housing ends, the reserving employer may request lease termination only within one year from the end of that employment.
When an employer decides to request lease termination, the landlord must notify the tenant of the employer’s decision and terminate the lease only after the notice period specified in the functional clause has expired.
The functional-clause notice period for terminating the lease may not be shorter than six months from the landlord’s notification to the tenant of the employer’s decision.