Housing and urban planning — The budget of France · Qipu

Housing benefits, social housing, emergency shelter, neighbourhood renewal and urban planning.

40.4bn€

spent in 2024

The three families’ budgets for this mission, added up: a different cut from “What public spending pays for”.

Who pays for it, in 2024

Towns and groups of towns — planning and housingUrban planning, social housing, neighbourhood development.18.9bn€47%State — housing, shelter and citiesHousing benefits, home improvement, emergency shelter, neighbourhood renewal.18.0bn€44%Départements — housingSocial-housing grants, funds for households in difficulty, development.3.5bn€9%

Estimate for towns and groups of towns: their spending for the year, split by area as in the local finance observatory’s report.

Source: Local finance observatory (OFGL), 2025 report ↗, State budget outturn for 2024 (budget outturn act) ↗, Local finance observatory (OFGL), départements by function, 2024 ↗.