14% of Ile-de-France households on the waiting list to obtain social housing

The level of rents in the Ile-de-France region is 43% higher than that observed in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the second most expensive region in mainland France.

Real estate prices also increased by 185% between 2002 and 2020 while the income of Ile-de-France residents only increased by 33% at the same time, pushing more and more households towards social housing, where rents are three times lower than the private fleet.

In 2022, 783.000 households, or 14% of Ile-de-France households, have requested social housing, compared to 406.000 in 2010, according to the Île-de-France town planning agency, for which "the applicants have not never been so numerous."

Of this total, nearly 241.000 households are already tenants of social housing, while half of the households for whom this is the first application are today hosted by third parties. 76% of Ile-de-France residents are eligible for social housing, according to the IPR.

But “only one in ten requests is satisfied each year” in Île-de-France due to the low turnover in the social sector and the absence of an accessible alternative in the private sector. In Paris, the waiting time even reaches 16,2 years.

This blockage of residential pathways leads to an automatic increase in the overoccupancy of housing, while the poorest households “are relegated to the most degraded fringe of the private stock, which contributes to the concentration of poverty in certain areas”.

Another problem is that if 72% of applicant households have resources allowing them to qualify for very social housing (PLAI), only 40% of the housing stock displays a rent level in PLAI.

In total, 2,9 million Ile-de-France residents lived in social housing in 2020, including 51% of households with children and 34% of single people, of whom almost half are aged 60 and over.

It should also be noted that the size of social housing, which is more family-friendly, is out of step with the demand for T1 or T2 apartments, particularly among young people.

The IPR pleads for a better adaptation of supply to demand and finally warns of the “sharp decline” in social housing approvals issued by the State in recent years.