Rules banning the rental of poorly insulated properties could be extended to Airbnb-style short-term rentals, the housing minister has said, with potentially significant consequences for ski resorts.
It will no longer be possible to rent properties with a G Energy performance diagnostic (DPE) from 2025, an F from 2028 and an E from 2034.
There was a wave of cheap and fast ski resort construction in the 1960s and early 1970s, before thermal efficiency requirements were introduced.
A survey by Heero, a fintech specializing in renovation, found that in 10 of the 70 ski resorts studied, more than 70% of homes sold as primary residences (2006-21) were rated F or G.
At Isola 2000, near Nice, 90% of housing is classified F or G.
Sandrine Allonier, co-author of the report, specifies: “You often have, in the same building, or in a set of buildings designed at the same time, a hotel, apartments for secondary or main residence use, and rental short duration.
“It is entirely reasonable to assume that apartment DPEs will also accurately reflect the short-term rental side.”
She said Housing Minister Olivier Klein was probably thinking of Airbnbs in Paris, but the rules would apply nationwide.
“We want to alert property owners at ski resorts to the need for work, and the government to the huge ripple effect if they go ahead with something like this.
The entire economy of many mountain regions could be affected.
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