Legal Liability of Real Estate Developers in Blueprint Sales Contracts under Algerian Law

The Algerian state strives to alleviate the housing crisis by implementing new urban planning schemes and advanced techniques, notably by enacting laws to regulate and manage the real estate sector. As part of this effort, it has introduced several modern Real Estate Promotion Law methods to regulate the contractual relationship between the real estate developer and the subscriber. Chief among these is the off-plan sales contract, under which the Algerian legislator holds the real estate developer fully legally accountable, imposing legal sanctions upon them. The developer's liability is highlighted on two fronts: civil liability in the civil context and criminal liability in the penal context, both triggered by a breach of contractual obligations stipulated in the agreement.