What Pas De Calais Habitat does

Pas-de-Calais habitat is a French public social housing organization (Office Public de l'Habitat) created in 1931 and headquartered in Arras. It manages more than 40,000 rental dwellings and foyer placements distributed across 216 communes in the Pas-de-Calais department, housing approximately 82,000 people through 39 customer service points. The organization offers a multi-pillar service portfolio: rental housing for individuals and families at all life stages (including youth housing and béguinage senior housing), homeownership pathways via its subsidiary Coopartois and direct property sales, commercial space rentals for professionals, and a bundled Multiservices maintenance contract covering heating, plumbing, electrical, ventilation, intercom, sanitation, and TV antennas — delivered through contractor Logista. Tenant-facing support includes the centralized Point Dialogue contact center with after-hours emergency coverage, social counseling for tenants in payment difficulty, an integrated KLARO benefits simulator exposing access to over 2,000 public aid programs, and an online Espace Locataire portal for rent payment and document management.

Revenue is generated primarily through monthly rental income regulated by French law (priced per square meter and revised annually), supplemented by tenant service charges (heating, water, maintenance, taxes) reconciled annually, supplemental solidarity rent (SLS) for higher-income tenants, and property sales income. The customer base is the broad mass market of individuals and families eligible for social housing, supplemented by first-time buyers accessing the Coopartois accession program and a minor segment of professional/commercial tenants. Go-to-market is direct: applications via the government's demande-logement-social.gouv.fr platform, the corporate website (WordPress-based, hosted on OVH), in-person at one of 39 agency locations, or via Point Dialogue.

The underlying technology is conventional and operational rather than innovative: WordPress CMS, standard third-party analytics and social integrations, and a dedicated tenant self-service web portal. There is no disclosed API, SDK, proprietary AI, or developer ecosystem. The organization holds ISO 9001 quality management certification. As a public-sector entity under French public law, Pas-de-Calais habitat is supervised by local authorities, is not privately or venture-backed, and operates as a not-for-profit-mission public interest body with no private equity or stock-market listing.

Name

Pas De Calais Habitat

Legal name

Pas-de-Calais habitat

Website

https://pasdecalais-habitat.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1931

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Pas-de-Calais habitat is a French public social housing organization managing over 40,000 rental dwellings across 216 communes in the Pas-de-Calais department, serving approximately 82,000 residents through 39 service points and a multi-pillar offering of affordable rental housing, homeownership pathways via subsidiary Coopartois, and bundled maintenance services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Social Housing Services

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Real Estate (6500)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing Property Management (BPAJAGAJ)

Keywords

• Social housing services
• Public housing management
• Affordable rental housing
• Homeownership programs
• Tenant support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Arras

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Rental income from social housing: The organization generates primary revenue through monthly rent payments from approximately 40,000+ residential units and foyer placements across 216 communes in the Pas-de-Calais department. Tenants pay rent plus service charges (charges locatives) which cover collective expenses like heating, water, maintenance, and taxes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pas De Calais Habitat is a public social housing operator (Office Public de l'Habitat) that owns and manages more than 40,000 residential dwellings across 216 communes in the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It offers affordable rental housing, homeownership pathways, maintenance contracts, and tenant advisory services to households seeking social and intermediate housing.

Product overview

Pas-de-Calais Habitat operates as the departmental Public Housing Office (Office Public de l'Habitat) for Pas-de-Calais, France, managing a portfolio of over 40,000 residential units and foyer placements across 216 municipalities. The organization offers a unified but multi-component service portfolio centered on three pillars: rental housing management (logements en location), pathways to homeownership (accession à la propriété via its own programs and the Coopartois subsidiary), and tenant support services. Tenant-facing digital services include the Espace Locataire self-service web portal (for rent payment, document access, and request tracking) and the Contrat Multiservices bundled maintenance program delivered through contractor Logista covering heating, plumbing, electrical, ventilation, and intercom systems. Operational support is provided through the Point Dialogue centralized contact center with technical emergency on-call coverage. Supplementary offerings include KLARO (an integrated benefits simulator helping tenants claim available financial aid), housing assistance advisory, and annual charge reconciliation services. The product suite is not delivered as a software platform with modular add-ons but as an integrated set of service programs addressing the full tenant lifecycle from application through departure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Logements en Location (Rental Housing)

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 39,000 dwellings in rental portfolio
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• CORÉSIALminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCORÉSIAL is described as being at the service of social housing in the Hauts-de-France region, indicating a regional cooperation or partnership in the social housing ecosystem.
• CoopartoiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubsidiary organization of Pas-de-Calais habitat focused on social property ownership (accession sociale à la propriété). Offers solutions for accessing new property at controlled prices for first-time buyers who may not afford market prices.
• LogistacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMaintenance services provider delivering the Multiservices contract for tenants. Covers heating and hot water production, plumbing, electricity, doors and windows, ventilation (VMC), intercom, sanitation, TV and satellite antennas. Conducts mandatory annual equipment maintenance visits.
• KLAROminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent simulator partner that helps Pas-de-Calais habitat tenants discover and obtain financial aid entitlements. Offers access to over 2,000 available aids covering housing, employment, family, mobility, and disability categories. Pre-fills forms and sends to organizations on behalf of tenants.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Alliade Habitat (Action Logement): French social housing ESH operating mainly in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes but with growing national footprint; offers the same affordable rental, intermediate, accession, and senior housing solutions as Pas-de-Calais habitat.
• Partélios Habitat: Regional social housing OPH/ESH competitor operating in Hauts-de-France / Normandy with similar rental and accession offerings for affordable housing tenants; directly comparable in scale, mission, and product mix.

Direct peers

• Norevie (Groupe Vilogia): Hauts-de-France-focused subsidiary of Vilogia, providing social and intermediate rental housing on a comparable regulated model to Pas-de-Calais habitat within overlapping geographies in the region.
• Habitat 76 (OPH Seine-Maritime): Départemental Office Public de l'Habitat for Seine-Maritime in Normandy, operating under the same French OPH framework as Pas-de-Calais habitat, managing tens of thousands of social housing units across its territory with comparable rental and accession missions.
• Vilogia: One of France's largest social housing operators (ESH semi-public), housing around 200,000 people across northern France including Pas-de-Calais/Hauts-de-France — directly competes for tenants and operates a similar affordable rental and homeownership model in the same broader region.
• Logirem (Groupe Habitat en Région - Caisse d'Épargne): French social housing ESH serving southern France with rental, intermediate, and accession products analogous to Pas-de-Calais habitat's offering, operating within the same national regulatory framework for OPH/ESH landlords.
• ICF Habitat: Subsidiary of SNCF Group and one of the largest French social housing landlords (ESH), managing ~100,000 units nationally with dedicated rental, accession, and senior housing products analogous to those offered by Pas-de-Calais habitat.

Broad incumbents

• Seqens (Action Logement group): French social and intermediate housing operator (ESH) with rental, accession, and senior housing offerings; comparable product portfolio to Pas-de-Calais habitat though geographically centered in Île-de-France and Hauts-de-France.
• CDC Habitat: Largest French social housing operator, owned by Caisse des Dépôts, with over 500,000 units nationally. Operates the same affordable rental and accession model at massive scale; competes with Pas-de-Calais habitat in Hauts-de-France footprint overlap.
• Immobilière 3F (Groupe Action Logement): Major ESH social housing subsidiary of Action Logement, managing ~250,000 social-rental and intermediate units across France including northern regions. Comparable affordable-rental business model with similar regulated rent framework and tenant-services playbooks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@pasdecalaishabitat
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pas-de-calais-habitat
• Instagraminstagram.com/pasdecalaishabitat
• Xx.com/PdChabitat

Compliance1 record

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Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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