Energy renovation: social landlords confident in the eradication of F and G housing

Social landlords are confident in the eradication of housing with energy labels F and G by 2025 and 2028, corresponding to thermal sieves, but much less for those classified E and D, which are much more numerous, according to a study published Tuesday February 13 .

According to the study by the National Social Housing Control Agency (Ancols), housing with energy performance diagnosis (DPE) F and G represented approximately 6% of the social housing stock as of January 1, 2022, or 300.000 housing units.

“The vast majority of landlords are confident about the eradication of housing labeled G by 2025 and F by 2028”, as provided for in the timetable set by the Climate law, otherwise they will be prohibited from renting , underlines the study, even if the government announced adjustments on Sunday as the deadline of January 1, 2025 approaches.

“The concern mainly concerns housing labeled E or D, which is much more numerous, both for reasons of increasing costs of renovations and lack of qualified personnel,” notes Ancols.

The agency estimates that 15% of social housing is classified E and 39% is D housing.

Among the difficulties mentioned by landlords for renovating, the identification of housing which will have the worst labels before the creation of the new DPE.

The latest reform of the DPE which came into force in July 2021 provides for a new method which has led to “uncertainty about the state of the park”, according to Ancols.

The low number of diagnosticians on the market and the lack of qualified internal personnel also constitute significant obstacles, to which can be added the inflationary context and the shortage of materials.

Ancols also warns of “monogestic” renovations not integrated into a long-term project but intended to urgently respond to the Climate Law timetable.

According to her, these renovations constitute a “medium-term risk” because they could force the lessor to re-intervene on these dwellings “in the fairly near future” while having to deal with dwellings E and D.

The other risk is that landlords no longer consider it a priority to adapt their assets to the aging of the population, to disability, or to the separation of households, always out of a desire to prioritize compliance with the Climate Law timetable.

The survey was carried out between June and October 2023 among around thirty social housing stakeholders.

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