The number of households having requested social housing in Île-de-France has practically doubled between 2010 and 2022, with 14% of households now waiting, according to a study by the Paris Region Institute (IPR) published Thursday.
The level of rents in the Ile-de-France region is 43% higher than that observed in Provence-Alpes-Cte 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 lower. three times lower than the private stock.
In 2022, 783,000 households, or 14% of Ile-de-France households, have applied for social housingcompared to 406,000 in 2010, according to the Ile-de-France town planning agency, for which applicants have 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 request are today hosted by third parties. 76% of Ile-de-France residents are eligible for social housing, according to the IPR.
Only one in ten requests is satisfied each year
But only one in ten requests is satisfied each year in Le-de-France due to 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 blocking of residential routes 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, if 72% of applicant households have resources enabling them to apply 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 housing in the social housing stock, 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.
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