MaPrimeRénov’: the National Housing Agency approves a reduction of 350 million euros in aid

The National Housing Agency (Anah) recorded on Wednesday a reduction of 351 million euros in the budget for energy renovation aid MaPrimeRénov' in 2026, as a result of the freezing of credits decided by the government in June, according to a deliberation consulted by AFP. While Anah initially had an envelope of 4.38 billion euros to distribute its various subsidies, this budget fell to 4.01 billion euros after the “budgetary freezes applied to the establishment” by the State, according to the deliberation adopted Wednesday by the agency's board of directors.

In order to avoid a slippage in the public deficit in the face of the effects of the war in the Middle East, the government announced in June a series of savings, involving several billion euros in most ministries. Within Anah, it is MaPrimeRénov' which is paying the price for this downturn: the “supported pathway” which designates overall housing renovations loses 255 million euros in budget, subsidies for the renovation of co-ownerships fall by 50 million euros. This translates into a drop in the number of homes that will be completely renovated in 2026 by 14,241.

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Concerning the “path by gesture” for work carried out in isolation, the budget drops by 46 million euros, or a reduction of 40,000 work subsidy files. This choice is also explained by the government's decision to reduce the list of works eligible for subsidies to refocus them on the installation of heat pumps.

“Lamentable decline”

In a press release, the Anah board of directors only indicates that it has “taken note of the developments that occurred on September 1 and October 1 in terms of energy renovation by gesture, in particular the transfer of the corresponding financing to energy saving certificates (EEC)”, which corresponds to the refocusing of subsidies “by gesture”.

For Jacques Baudrier, deputy (PCF) in charge of housing at Paris town hall, the reduction in the budget of MaPrimeRénov' represents a “lamentable setback” by the State, which “breaks a dynamic when needs have never increased so much and this is the largest historic project of the beginning of the 21st century”.

Now a member of the board of directors, he is even more worried about 2027, which promises to be "worse" given the reduction of 200 million euros in Anah's allocation proposed by the government in its draft budget presented at the beginning of October. Jacques Baudrier pleads for the creation of a new recipe dedicated to energy renovation and to allow Anah to borrow on the financial markets.