Review of social housing approvals in 2021: a protocol for almost nothing

This bad result is not good news for all those who are waiting for low-cost housing.

This result was predictable, as the economic conditions were not, are not, met to create a real shock of the supply: the fall of the receipts of the organizations of HLM because of the RLS, the increase of the costs of construction , the scarcity and the cost of land… so many obstacles to an increase in construction.

The Federation of Public Housing Offices has not signed this protocol on the production of housing. Because it displays unrealistic ambitions and because it does not take into account the other priorities also set by the government: urban renewal and thermal rehabilitation, with very strong objectives since it is necessary to move towards carbon neutrality while by eliminating the G labels in 2025, the F labels in 2028 and finally the E labels in 2034.

To succeed in combining these three priorities, which concern all social housing organizations, it is essential according to the Federation, to have a long-term vision shared with the public authorities, no circumstantial agreements that do not contribute to creating a shock. of confidence.

On the other hand, for offices, the figures * for thermal rehabilitation will be very good in 2021: the number of housing units concerned increases by 57%, from 71.000 to 108.000 (including 49.000 and then 62.000 energy label changes).

More than 10.000 housing units were also demolished out of a total of 16.500 for the entire HLM sector, thus participating in the recomposition of heritage in relaxed areas and in urban renewal perimeters.

Finally, the last known figures show that the number of approvals filed by the offices has increased by 3% (excluding “ANRU” production), as for the other large low-cost housing family. It is even up 7% to reach 30.000 including production in the "ANRU" sectors (against 4% for ESH), despite a decrease in the number of offices.

According to Marcel Rogemont, President of the Federation of Public Housing Offices: “These encouraging but insufficient results must be amplified and sustained over time. This is why, I insist, that we must rediscuss, mainly, the negative impact of the RLS and the drop in the VAT rate to 5,5% on all HLM investments. "

* The data comes from the Rental Production Observatory, at the end of September 2021.