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Apur, The Parisian urban planning workshop on the scale of Paris and Greater Paris documents, deciphers, supports, illuminates, projects, explores and shares diversity.

The latest figures on social housing in Paris

Since the Solidarity and Urban Renewal -SRU- Law came into force in 2001, 130,316 SRU social housing units have been financed in Paris. On 1st January 2025, there were 276,032 social housing dwellings in the capital, that is 23.2% of main residences. In spite of this increase, the pressure on the housing stock is at an all time high. 327,000 households are registered as applying for housing, half of whom already live in Paris.

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Refurbishment of the HBM Marcadet housing block (Climate Plan) – 247 Rue Marcadet, 75018 Paris – completion 2025 – Architect: Frédéric Bernard architecture – Client: Paris Habitat © Frédéric Achdou – Paris Habitat

This note provides a comprehensive overview of social housing in Paris in 2025, giving detailed information on the numbers of social housing units, the growth of the stock since 2001, applications for social housing and allocations. From 2001 to 2025, 130,316 social housing units were funded, divided up as follows:

  • 35,633  PLAI units - subsidised rental housing to aid integration - (27%),
  • 54,133 PLUS units - social housing loans - (42%),
  • 40,500 PLS units - social rental loans - (31%).

The abolition of the Housing Tax in 2024 led to the tax authorities adopting a new method for counting main residences, via the GMBI "Manage my property" platform. This change in the counting method, based on tax declarations, resulted in an increase of 11,000 housing units compared with 2024, following a rise of 42,000 units in 2024 compared with 2023. Therefore, despite the significant growth of the social housing stock (+6,952 housing units over two years), the Parisian SRU rate shows a slight decline in 2024 and 2025 compared with 2023, due to the sharp increase in the number of main residences counted.
 

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