The Action Logement group, a giant in the production of social housing and mobility aid for employees, will invest 14.4 billion euros over five years to support the sector, according to the new five-year agreement signed Friday with the State in Matignon. .
Provides a slightly lower envelope compared to the previous one (15.2 billion for the period 2018-2022), this 2023-2027 agreement, which was to be signed initially six months ago, however signs the end of Action Logement’s contribution to the National Stone Aid Fund (Fnap) .
The government, regularly accused of dipping into the coffers of the former 1% Logement, has in fact accepted a final group contribution in 2024 of 150 million euroshalf less than the 300 million on which he initially counted.
Of the overall envelope, 5.5 billion will be used to finance donors for the construction and rehabilitation of social and intermediate housing. The group is thus counting on the construction of 200,000 new housing units in five years and on the rehabilitation of 200,000 others.
Twice as many beneficiaries for the Visale guarantee
Support for employees, the second major area of Action Logement, will benefit from 3.7 billion euros, while 5.25 billion will be dedicated to public policies, including 3.8 billion for the National Agency for Urban Renovation and a billion for Action cur de ville.
We clearly give A boost construction of new housing and rehabilitation, said Matignon during a press briefing. The difference (with the previous convention) is the consideration of the ecological and low-carbon dimension in all of our interventions, indicated the general manager of Action Logement Nadia Bouyer.
Concretely, the new convention should benefit four million households. The Visale guarantee, which helps employees rent accommodation by granting them a deposit, will in particular go from 900,000 2.1million beneficiaries. This guarantee essentially benefits young people under 30, but should soon be extended to seasonal workers and the self-employed.
Another novelty, new home ownership loans and HLM sales programs will be reduced to 1%, against 1.5% currently, to help first-time buyers. This agreement is the success of consultation and social dialogue to find an agreement, beneficial to our fellow citizens, said Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne in a press release.
It was a difficult, demanding, long negotiation, but which, in the end, paid off, because ambitions remain strong, the overall ambition high and the targeting more precise, declared to AFP the president of Action Logement Bruno Arcadipane. It was necessary for this agreement to be concluded after so much incomprehensible waiting, said Emmanuelle Cosse, president of the Social Union for Housing, which represents social landlords.
But this signature does not settle the question of the financing of the production of new social housing, she added, the government having to admit that it must return to the funding round for social housing. This agreement secures the role of Action Logement and its joint management of +1%+ housing, welcomed the CGT in a press release.
This new agreement comes less than two weeks after the conclusion of the National Housing Refoundation Council, whose announcements were unanimously appreciated by professionals in the sector. Co-directed by employers and trade unions, financed by a contribution from companies (PEEC), Action Logement manages more than one million social housing units and pilots aid for professional mobility.
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