Question 7581 — housing: aid and loans

Summary

Mr. Laurent Alexandre questions the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty about his decision to suspend the “MaPrimeRénov” system which aims to help owners in financing energy renovation work and whose subsidies granted vary depending on household income and the type of work planned. This decision arouses concern among economic players in the energy renovation sector whose activity depends greatly on this system. It is also a decision that penalizes French people who live in a situation of fuel poverty. For the old buildings of a rural department like Aveyron, this system must not only be maintained but extended and improved. Since the implementation of the MaPrimeRénov system, more than 2.4 million homes have been renovated, generating, according to the Agency National Housing Authority (ANAH), more than 37 billion works. Energy renovation represents 30% of the activity of members of the French building federation and 600,000 employees. It is therefore an essential economic sector to support, in a context where craft construction companies are already experiencing a drop in their volume of activity of 5% compared to the first quarter of 2024. This suspension comes after a sudden change in the allocation criteria decided at the beginning of 2024 then a division by two of the credits opened between the Finance Bill for 2024 and the PLF for 2025. MaPrimeRénov has become, due to the Government's choices, a budgetary adjustment variable of which professional sectors but also the French are victims. There are 12 million people living in energy poverty. Many suffer cold, humidity, heat in their homes and often do not have the means to meet their energy bills. According to the Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), in 2024, for the 3.2 million lowest-income households, energy expenses alone will represent 8% of their income. Energy renovation work can reduce thermal strainer bills. Improving and making the MaPrimeRénov system more attractive is therefore a social but also ecological necessity. Indeed, the renovation of old buildings makes it possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while to meet decarbonization objectives, 317,000 thermal renovations of housing would be necessary for the year 2025 alone, according to the General Secretariat for Ecological Planning (SGPE). Aveyron is the 19th French department which has the most G-rated housing. One in five housing units is therefore considered a thermal sieve. In total, nearly 40% of housing is classified E, F or G. In rural areas, the buildings are generally larger and older even though the population is often modest and especially older, which considerably limits the possibilities for long-term investments, to change a boiler or insulate a roof. Rather than a suspension, the MaPrimeRénov system deserves an improvement to make it more attractive but also more adapted to old rural buildings, for which, for example, exterior insulation is rarely the most relevant. Finally, it is clear that the means to combat fraud have been largely insufficient over the last four years, allowing organized sectors to misappropriate funds. public. Responding to fraud by suspending the system is as implausible as canceling trains to fight against fraud in public transport. In this context, the backlog of files, processing delays, accumulated payment delays, and difficulties in contacting a contact person appear as symptoms of the lack of seriousness and resources allocated by the Government to this system. So, he would like to be communicated to it, for the national level and Aveyron, the number of files awaiting processing, the number of files awaiting payment as well as the total amount of aid awaiting payment to businesses and owners. In addition, he would like to know the exact amount of fraud for the year 2024 as well as the number of files concerned. Finally, he would like to know the intentions of Government on the date of reinstatement of this system and on its essential improvement for businesses, ecological bifurcation and the living conditions of fellow citizens.

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