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Walloon Parliament
Doc. 654 (2025-2026)
Submitted
Proposal for mandatory rent caps on Wallonia's private rental market
Official title: Proposition de décret modifiant les articles 89 et 89/1 du décret du 15 mars 2018 relatif au bail d'habitation afin d'instaurer un encadrement des loyers sur le marché privé
Status: The proposal has been submitted and is waiting to be considered by parliament. (parliament: ‘Tabled’)
In plain language
- The proposal makes the Walloon rent grid binding and caps rent at a maximum of twenty percent above the reference rent.
- This measure applies to tenants and private landlords of regular homes and student accommodations in Wallonia.
- For new leases signed from 1 January 2027, landlords cannot set excessively high rents, and the justice of the peace can lower them if disputed.
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How parliament voted
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