The themes of the survey are as follows:
- Characteristics of the residential building and accommodation (including conveniences);
- Rental method and benefits received;
- Total amounts of rents and charges.

All main residences rented in an unfurnished state which essential reason for the rental is housing.
Since 2013 for metropolitan France and since July 2017 for Guadeloupe, the scope of the survey has been restricted to the private sector (social sector is collected through the quarterly survey on the rents of the social sector).

Since 1958