2026 Finance Bill: Building tradespeople obtain key measures to revive housing renovation

Concrete measures, championed by CAPEB, have finally been adopted.

Several provisions directly supported or proposed by CAPEB have, in fact, been integrated into the “revenue” section of the 2026 Finance Bill:

• Renewal until December 31, 2027 of the tax credit for adapting housing in the face of loss of autonomy or disability;
• Maintenance and clarification of the exemption for intra-family donations up to €100.000 per donor for the carrying out of energy renovation work on the main residence, until June 2027. This provision, adopted in the 2025 finance law on the proposal of CAPEB, came into force last September;
• Extension until December 31, 2027 of the deduction of €21.400 of property deficit chargeable against the income of landlords when they carry out energy renovation work to move from energy classes E, F or G to A, B, C or D;
• Introduction of a new measure in favor of energy renovation in the status of private landlords, facilitating investment in older rental properties that are more energy efficient.

CAPEB welcomes the mobilization of members of parliament from across the political spectrum who championed and adopted these provisions. The adoption of these amendments sends a positive signal for unlocking savings and encouraging private investment to accelerate home adaptation work, facilitate energy-efficient renovations of older properties, encourage landlords to undertake large-scale renovations of energy-inefficient buildings, and make investments in the existing rental housing stock more attractive.

They are in line with the solutions that CAPEB has been advocating for more than two years to revive the activity of building tradespeople and encourage households to undertake work in respect of their purchasing power and progress in the ecological transition.

An encouraging first step in a still fragile landscape

The adoption of these amendments is an initial response to CAPEB's proposals to address the crisis facing the sector. However, a comprehensive and coherent strategy remains essential to provide long-term support for the building trades and to significantly increase energy-efficient home renovations.

CAPEB calls for these provisions to be maintained in the text

CAPEB is counting on the Government and parliamentarians to maintain these provisions in the revenue section of the draft budget. A reversal would be yet another disappointment for professionals who simply want to meet the population's housing needs.

For Jean-Christophe Repon, President of CAPEB: “These advances are important and prove that our proposals are coherent, useful, and anticipated. But they must now be fully implemented. In a context where the building trades continue to suffer an unprecedented decline in activity, we need common-sense decisions and concrete actions. I call on parliamentarians to continue along this path and ensure that these measures are adopted quickly and definitively.”

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