LFrance has 12 million people in a situation of fuel poverty. The poor thermal performance of homes and the obsolescence of heating equipment inflate their bills. Whether they refuse to pay them or deprive themselves to limit the amount, this most modest daily reality is intolerable.
Given these conditions, we, associative actors of the environment, housing, solidarity, consumption, and economic actors of the building, wish to make public our deep concerns following the latest government announcements of February 15, February 19 and March 8, affecting the energy renovation of buildings.
Because poor thermal performance has another consequence: direct emissions from the building sector today represent 18% of national greenhouse gas emissions, and this sector is responsible for more than 40% of total annual energy consumption in France.
A change of priority
In such a context, aggravated by the rise in energy prices, implementing a vast national project to improve the energy performance of buildings was an emergency. Launched in January 2020, the MaPrimeRénov’ system, managed by the National Housing Agency [Anah], is the main aid mechanism for the sector. In 2023, it made it possible to carry out 670,000 energy renovation actions, including 70,000 global renovations.
They represented a budget of 2.7 billion euros in aid. In line with the objective of carrying out 200,000 overall renovations in 2024, a significant increase in MaPrimeRénov’ of 1.6 billion euros was recorded in the 2024 budget adopted at the end of 2023. This envelope ratified the ambitious reform of the system desired by the government of Elisabeth Borne and built with players in the sector, including in particular a reinforced use of support by MonAccompagnateurRénov’.
However, on February 15, Christophe Béchu, Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, and Guillaume Kasbarian, Minister Delegate in charge of Housing, met representatives of the Confederation of Crafts and Small Building Companies (Capeb ) and the French Building Federation (FFB), requesting a simplification of the housing renovation process.
Together, they agreed on three changes to be made for 2024: limiting the obligations to use an approved support person only to the highest subsidies; simplify the “recognized guarantor of the environment” (RGE) label, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses; lift funding restrictions regarding simple and effective renovation actions.
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