Two new decrees to accelerate the renovation of degraded co-ownerships

The Degraded Housing Act, adopted in April 2024, facilitates the process of renovating degraded housing by enabling local authorities and the State to act more effectively, particularly within large urban co-ownerships. It extends the possibility, following an expropriation procedure, of quickly taking possession of a dangerous or degraded building as part of a public utility operation aimed at redeveloping it.

A first decree issued this Wednesday, March 12, 2025, specifies the conditions under which this early possession can be implemented, by regulating the information given to residents about these operations.

The second decree more directly concerns the large-scale operation carried out in Grigny since 2016. It allows the Île-de-France Public Land Establishment (EPFIF) to intervene more quickly on degraded co-ownerships as part of this ORCOD-IN (operation to requalify degraded co-ownerships of national interest). Early possession will be accompanied by a rehousing plan, so that each resident can have a quality housing solution.

The Grigny ORCOD-IN involves numerous stakeholders, including the State, the city of Grigny, the National Housing Agency (ANAH), and the National Agency for Urban Renewal (ANRU). The goal is to sustainably transform residents' living conditions through concrete actions:

• Public acquisition of 1.300 housing units
• Demolition of 900 dilapidated homes
• Conversion of 415 homes into social rental housing
• Construction of 700 new homes
• Renovation of 3.300 homes belonging to 21 degraded co-ownerships

For Valérie Létard, Minister responsible for Housing: "Thanks to these new measures, the EPFIF today, and other operators tomorrow, will be able to act even more quickly to renovate degraded housing and sustainably improve the living environment of residents: this is a major step forward in combating degraded housing and giving new life to this neighborhood."

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