Social housing or private housing: what differences for the tenant?
Verified 19 May 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
The main differences concern the conditions for obtaining the accommodation, the amount of rent and the duration of the lease.
Social housing | Private accommodation | ||||
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Empty rental | Furnished rental | ||||
Residential lease | Residential lease | Mobility lease | |||
Conditions for obtaining accommodation | The tenant must have an income not exceeding one maximum amount | The landlord freely chooses the tenant, but must not make any discrimination | The landlord freely chooses the tenant, but must not make any discrimination | The tenant must be in one of the following cases: | |
How to apply for accommodation |
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Where the applicant does not obtain accommodation | The applicant may submit his or her right to housing (Dalo) | No recourse is possible unless the applicant can prove that there has been discrimination | No recourse is possible unless the applicant can prove that there has been discrimination | No recourse is possible unless the applicant can prove that there has been discrimination | |
Rent setting | The amount of the rent is regulated |
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Rent Review | The rent is revised every year | If the lease so provides, the rent can be reviewed every year, except for metropolis housing, classified F or G (DPE) and whose lease has been signed, renewed or tacitly renewed since 24 August 2022 | If the lease so provides, the rent can be reviewed every year, except for metropolis housing, classified F or G (DPE) and whose lease has been signed, renewed or tacitly renewed since 24 August 2022 | The rent cannot be reviewed during the lease | |
Lease Duration | Not known. The tenant has a right to be kept on the premises. |
| From 1 month to 10 months maximum | ||
The lessee may terminate the lease | At any time, provided you give leave to the lessor with 3 or 1 month's notice, as appropriate | At any time, provided you give leave to the owner with 3 or 1 month's notice, as appropriate | At any time, provided you give owner's leave with one month's notice | At any time, provided you give owner's leave with one month's notice | |
The landlord/landlord may terminate the lease |
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FYI
there are private dwellings (owned by individuals) for which the tenant must have an income below a maximum amount: these are Anah's contracted dwellings.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
- Departmental Agency for Housing Information (Adil)
Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service
The informants who answer you belong to the ministry in charge of housing and city planning.
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