Thierry Repentin, Anah President, Calls for Nationwide Mobilization for Housing Reconstruction

Thierry Repentin, president of the National Housing Agency, calls for a general mobilization in favor of the renovation of housing facilities. Stand. Make energy renovation accessible to everyone 80% of housing in 2050 already exists. So we have almost 20 million homes to renovate to achieve carbon neutrality. This is a colossal project. Some don’t … Read more

Accelerating Residential Building Renovation: The Law for Streamlining Degraded Structures

Today, France has almost 1.5 million degraded housing units. The Law of April 9, 2024, published in the Official Gazette of April 10, 2024, therefore aims to speed up and simplify the restoration of this habitat. “This is a text rich in concrete and effective measures that will enable communities, government services, landlords and specialized … Read more

Unlocking Aid for Old Housing Improvement: Final Guidelines for Optimal Utilization

Allowing owner-occupiers, as renters, to take advantage of significant financial assistance and free advice to renovate and/or improve their properties over 15 years old… Planned Operation Urban Renewal of Housing (OPAH-RU), carried out in 2020 and for five years in the district Fonderie, is beginning to bear fruit, attracting the interest of investors. University, KMØ, … Read more

Renovation of Private Housing: Anah Reaffirms its Commitment

In a determined effort to counter the housing crisis, the National Housing Agency (Anah) is doubling its efforts in encouraging the “Renovation of private residential buildings”. This movement, essential for households and professionals, is based on an ambitious reform planned for 2024. From then on, these adaptations, dictated by necessity, aim to speed up renovations … Read more

Home Renovation Scam: Did Construction Company Target Vulnerable Pensioners?

Suspected of defrauding about ten pensioners, the managers of a Montauban company and their salesmen are being prosecuted before the Montauban Criminal Court, this Tuesday, January 30, 2024. Every time the victims have the same profile: that of pensioners, sometimes very old, even disabled. The sellers then offer them a series of deceptive schemes to … Read more

Consensus Triumphs: Deputies Overwhelmingly Approve Draft Law on Degraded Housing

Until the appointment of the minister in charge of housing, Christophe Béchu, Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, represented the government during debates in the National Assembly on a draft law related to speeding up and simplifying the restoration of degraded housing and large-scale development operations. The latter welcomed the adoption of the text … Read more

Soliha in Charleval: Empowering Energy Renovation for Major Projects

Home improvement, energy renovation, affordability… From February 2019 Community of communes of Lyons Andelle (Euros) entrusted tracking and animationPlanned operation to improve housing facilities (OPAH) in Soliha Normandy Seine. In 2023, elected officials approved the launch of a new operation (until 2028), which provides financial assistance to owners to encourage them to rehabilitate their properties. … Read more

Introducing ‘My Decent Housing Bonus’: An All-Inclusive Aid for Enhanced Living Conditions in France

“My Decent Housing Bonus”, which will be implemented from 1 January 2024, is a new financial aid offered by the National Housing Agency (Anah) to combat substandard housing. It is actually a merger of two Anah programs reserved for low-income households that own old housing and intended to finance the implementation of work necessary to … Read more

Unlocking Home Renovation Assistance: Your Guide to Project Support

Who has never pulled their hair out when trying to do a renovation project? Know which experts to contact, wait weeks for an offer, know if there is financial assistance? An observation that many of us have experienced, yet the performance of energy renovation and insulation works has become essential. Faced with rising energy bills, … Read more