The suspension of MaPrimeRénov’ that we announced Tuesday And confirmed since by the Minister of the Economy Éric Lombard, has sowed anger within associations in the housing sector and the federations of renovation professionals.
The collective renovates, which brings them together, denounces in a press release the “total nonsense” of the government decision: a break from Maprimerenov ‘” would break the momentum of households engaged In an energy renovation path that hopes to be able to improve ”their comfort and reduce their energy bills.
Olivier Salleron, president of the French Building Federation (FFB), judges the government’s decision to close the request for request for Maprimerénov ‘”unjustifiable, unqualifiable” aid, risking “on the tile 100,000 employees in the sector”.
The FFB intends to take advantage of its national congress on June 13 to “decide the measures to be taken,” said Olivier Salleron to AFP. “It will scold,” he adds, demonstration, blocking, assembly of cranes in “strategic places” being envisaged.
Same desire to protest on the side of the union of building craftsmen, the capeb which is organized to define “a movement” in order to “react strongly and say our dissatisfaction”, according to its president Jean-Christophe Répon, interviewed by Franceinfo.
Energy renovation represents 30 % of the activity of FFB members and 600,000 employees, according to Olivier Salleron.
“VSEs, SMEs, craftsmen, everyone is standing. With in addition the serious and historic crisis of new housing, too much is too much, we are not going to let ourselves die without saying anything, ”he rumbles.
Too much fraud
“When a bike has a broken pedal, we repair the pedal and leave. »Face number of requests And attempted fraud, the Minister of the Economy Éric Lombard confirmed this Thursday in “Télématin” the suspension of the system of aid for energy renovation during the summer.
“There is both a congestion at the moment and an excess of the fraud on which we want to regain control, hence the suspension,” he said during questions to the government in the Senate.
“But of course, once this is settled, the process will be able to continue,” he added, specifying later, before the Senate’s economic affairs committee, that the government had the intention of restoring functioning before the end of the year. “
Grants that tripled in the first quarter
The number of housing renovated with subsidies of Maprimerénov’aled in the first quarter compared to the same period of 2024, while the budget provided by the State for 2025 had been reduced.
“This influx of files coupled with the delay in the adoption of the 2025 finance bill leads to an overload of the instructing services and an extension of the engagement deadlines,” the government explained on Tuesday, after our publication.
The government intends in particular to hunt for “suspicious” files, in number “16,000”, or “12 % of the stock”, according to Éric Lombard.
“It is not a question of saving in secret like that, by blocking the system,” said the minister, recognizing the importance of the device for craftsmen, and while the government is looking for 40 billion euros in savings.
« There is no budgetary subject. We have planned 3.6 billion on the budget and has spent 1.3 billion at the moment, “he detailed before the senators of the Economic Affairs Committee.
The sector requests to be received by François Bayrou
A suspension “would prejudice a sector”, according to the collective renovated. The sector is tired of the “stop-and-go” and untimely changes in regulatory framework.
“Building craft companies need visibility and stability, in particular in this complicated economic context where their activity and cash are weakened,” recalls Jean-Christophe Répon, president of the CAPEB, the union of building craftsmen.
In a joint press release, the sector estimates that the meeting scheduled for Friday at the Ministry of the Economy to discuss the energy renovation market “no longer” should be because not object now “and asks to be received by the Prime Minister, François Bayrou.
