“The system for allocating social housing is not very clearrecognizes Stéphane Bettiol, Deputy Director General in charge of rental policies at Paris Habitat, one of the largest HLM organizations in France. Basically, there are multiple queues to see the same movie, and some move faster than others. »
In a ” dashboard “ published Thursday, October 6, the National Agency for the Control of Social Housing (Ancols), a sort of Court of Auditors of HLM organizations, delivered some keys to understanding based on the figures for 2020, an atypical year, marked by the crisis sanitary.
First observation: the queue to obtain an HLM continues to lengthen. 3.4 million social housing applications were submitted or remained active in 2020; 390,000 households obtained satisfaction. Only 11% of requests were therefore satisfied – a proportion down 2 points compared to 2019 – “under the effect of a substantial reduction in the volume of allocations (–14%)” bound “to the health crisis and the resulting decline in mobility, particularly during the first confinement”specifies the Ancols.
Second observation: some candidates gain access to social housing more quickly than others. “If you are a priority household under the DALO [droit au logement opposable]or if you are a civil servant, a policeman for example, you move faster, and it is not illegitimate”, believes Mr. Bettiol. The City of Paris, as the “reserver” of a large proportion of social housing, has set up a rating system: applicants are automatically classified according to the number of points calculated for their file. More points are, for example, awarded to people threatened with eviction, childminders – whom the city needs – or victims of domestic violence. A system that the ELAN law of 2018 requires to be generalized to all HLM organizations by the end of 2023.
“Risk of precariousness”
The Ancols study also notes “a rising share of allocations to under 30s” and “better consideration of the requests made by single parents”. The HLM Alpes Isère Habitat organization has, for example, chosen to allocate 31% of its housing to single-parent families, which only represent 23% of requests. “In our country, two-thirds of these families, most often single women with children, have incomes 40% below the resource ceilings that give them the right to social housing.says Isabelle Rueff, the general manager of the Isère social landlord. For many donors, they therefore represent a risk of precariousness; for us, they are a priority. » The HLM organization has also radically changed the method of allocating its housing: 68% of them are now granted in “active rental” or “chosen rental”, that is to say after consultation with the candidates. housing classified ads on sites like Leboncoin or SeLoger. To attract more young people.
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