French property renovation grant system reopens in reduced form

France’s property renovation grant scheme MaPrimeRénov’ reopens today (September 30) after being closed to most new applications in June.

Restrictions mean that until the end of this year only 13,000 applications from the more modest households will be accepted initially as the service continues to tackle a backlog of claims and fraudulent applications.

The scheme is then expected to slowly open up to more households depending on the volume of applications and should open again fully at the start of 2026.

However, households looking to apply for grants to cover work such as new boiler and heating installations will see less funding available, as the percentage of costs covered by the state has been lowered and eligibility criteria tightened.

Applications for partial-funding for ‘monogestes’ – smaller single-element renovations such as insulation – remained open over the summer, and will be available until December 2026 following an extension.

Scheme close to exhausting funds

The scheme was closed to new applications for ‘major’ works on June 23, 2025. The summer-long suspension was reported to be due to a larger-than-expected number of claims for partial funding for eco-renovations as well as several incidents of fraud.

The volume of applications threatened to exhaust the €3.6 billion allocated in 2025 for grants early and, amid spiralling debt in France, additional funding was off the table.

However, due to the backlog of claims, those filed from today’s reopening will not be assessed until next year, said Hugues Sartre, co-founder of energy renovation company Homyos to FranceInfo.

Alongside the re-opening, new rules aimed at limiting fraud in the sector should mean that the €3.6 billion is spent more effectively next year.

What changes for the scheme?

Today’s reopening is limited to households with the more modest incomes as calculated by the scheme, based on the location of the property and number of people in the household.

For example, a two-person household based outside of the Île-de-France region must have an RFR (revenu fiscal de référence, household income) of €25,115 or less to benefit.

Full criteria for income levels – specific to the scheme – can be found on the official website here. Scroll down to the ‘Quelles sont les conditions pour bénéficier de MaPrimeRénov' Rénovation d'ampleur?’ section. 

Depending on the number of applications, this may be expanded before the end of the year to include modest and moderate income households.

The amount of funding available will still be based on how impactful the renovations are, using the energy efficiency scale (Diagnostic de Performance Énergétique, DPE) as the criteria, running on a best-worst scale from ‘A’ to ‘G’.

The scale is still to be used as an initial assessment criteria, however from September 30 only the lowest-rated properties (‘E’, ‘F’, or ‘G’ on the scale) are eligible for grants. 

The maximum cost of works that can be associated with the scheme has also dropped – renovations which see an improvement of two rungs on the ladder (for example from ‘F’ to ‘D’) can only cost a maximum of €30,000 to benefit from the scheme, and if rising three rungs or more €40,000. 

Previously, the maximum cost for works was €70,000.

Households in the most modest income category will be able to benefit from grants covering up to 80% of the cost of the renovations, so €24,000 for a two-rung improvement and €32,000 for a three-rung or higher improvement.

This will drop to 45% for modest income households (€13,500 or €18,000) or 10% for upper income households (€3,000 or €4,000).

An additional 10% subsidy for properties that climbed from an ‘F’ or ‘G’ rating to at least a ‘D’ on the scale has also been removed.

The requirement for properties to undergo a DPE assessment before any renovation work begins - rather than relying on an estimate if one has not already been done, such as at the time of purchase - has been postponed until January 2027.

More time to make ‘monogestes’ claims

As stated, ‘monogestes’ renovations stayed open in the summer and the deadline to apply has been extended to December 2026. Previously, it was set to end in December 2025. 

However, some works will no longer be covered from January 2026 onwards. This refers notably to the insulation of facade or gable walls and installation of manually or automatically fuelled biomass boilers. 

Current plans mean that from January 2027 ‘monogestes’ will be ineligible for funding - the scheme will only be open to those undertaking changes to their heating or hot water systems.