Housing for rent: what should the real estate listing indicate?
Verified 06 June 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The content of a real estate listing for the rental (or sub-rental) of a dwelling with a residential lease (including mobility lease) must comply with certain rules. These rules vary according to the author of the advertisement (owner of the dwelling or real estate agency), and the municipality where the dwelling is located. We'll explain.
The municipalities to which specific rules apply are: Paris, Bordeaux, Lille (Hellemmes and Lomme), Lyon (and Villeurbanne) Montpellier and the intercommunalités d'Est ensemble, of Common plain, of Basque Country, and a part of the territory of Grenoble-Alpes Metropole.
General case
The content of the ad also depends on the author of the real estate ad:
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Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Est Ensemble, Grenoble-Alpes Metropole, Plaine Commune, Basque Country...
Specific rules concern municipalities of:
- Paris
- Bordeaux
- Lille, Hellemmes and Lomme
- Lyon and Villeurbanne
- Montpellier
- Territory d'Est Ensemble (Bagnolet, Bobigny, Bondy, Le Pré Saint-Gervais, Les Lilas, Montreuil, Noisy-le-Sec, Pantin, Romainville)
- Part of the territory of Grenoble-Alpes Metropole (municipalities of Bresson, Claix, Domène, Eybens, Fontanil-Cornillon, Gières, Meylan, Murianette, Poisat, La Tronche, Seyssins, Varces-Allières-et-Risset, and Venon, and part of the territory of the municipalities of Échirolles, Fontaine, Grenoble, Le Pont-de-Claix, Saint-Éstrike, Saint-Martin-d’Hères, Sassenage, Seyssinet-Pariset)
- Territory ofBasque Country (Ahetze, Anglet, Arbonne, Arcangues, Ascain, Bassussarry, Bayonne, Biarritz, Bidart, Biriatou, Boucau, Ciboure, Guéthary, Hendaye, Jatxou, Lahonce, Larressore, Mouguerre, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Saint-Pierre-d'Irube, Urcuit, Urrugne, Ustaritz, Villefranque)
- Territory of Common Plain (Aubervilliers, La Courneuve, Épinay-sur-Seine, L'Île-Saint-Denis, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Stains, Villetaneuse).
FYI
For Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, you can find out if your accommodation is affected using this simulator.
For a dwelling located in one of these municipalities, the content of the advertisement also depends on the author of the advertisement:
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Warning
- The mention Area subject to rent control must be indicated before the reference to the reference rent plus, base rent and rent supplement.
- The font size of the monthly rent amount, plus the rent supplement and recoverable charges, if so, must be greater than the reference rent plus the base rent plus the rent plus the rent supplement.
- In the event of major natural and technological risks, mining risks, retreat of the coastline or soil pollution, the advertisement must include the following statement: Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Georistics website: www.georisques.gouv.fr.
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