Converting office space into housing: a legal challenge still dependent on the will of local authorities
In an interview with JurisHebdo Immobilier, our lawyers Frederic Coppinger and Sarah AZIZI discuss the persistent obstacles to the conversion of vacant offices into housing, despite an evolving regulatory framework.
While the recent Daubié law is a step in the right direction, legal analysis in the field is still essential: fire standards, urban planning constraints, applicable tax laws... but above all, the discretionary power of municipalities.
“Even with legal relief, these operations would remain subject to the will of the municipalities.”
This is a reality that investors, developers and local authorities must take into account when securing their projects.
Read an extract from the interview: here
