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Walloon Parliament
Doc. 436 (2025-2026)
Under consideration
Proposal to introduce mandatory rent caps on private housing in Wallonia
Official title: Proposition de décret modifiant les articles 89 et 89/1 du décret du 15 mars 2018 relatif au bail d'habitation en instaurant un encadrement des loyers sur le marché privé
Status: Parliament is still discussing this proposal, for example in a committee or while waiting for advice. (parliament: ‘In progress’)
In plain language
- The proposal makes the Walloon rent grid binding and caps rent at a maximum of twenty percent above the reference amount.
- The measure applies to tenants and private landlords of residential properties in the Walloon Region.
- As a landlord you cannot charge excessive rent, and as a tenant you can ask a justice of the peace to lower a rent that exceeds the cap.
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How parliament voted
Parliament has not voted on this proposal yet.