Habitat 17

What Habitat 17 does

Habitat 17, legally Office Public de l'Habitat de la Charente-Maritime, is a French public social housing establishment created in 1950 by the Conseil Départemental de la Charente-Maritime and operating under EPIC (établissement public industriel et commercial) status. It manages approximately 4,800-5,000 HLM (Habitations à Loyer Modéré) social housing units across 80+ communes in the Charente-Maritime department on France's Atlantic coast. The organization serves individuals, couples, and families meeting HLM income-based eligibility criteria, including a dedicated cohort of 700+ senior tenants served through the Seniors Solidaires and Voisins Solidaires programs. Housing requests are processed through the unified departmental demandedelogement17.fr platform and allocations managed by the Commission d'Attribution des Logements (CAL). The organization is led by Président Dominique RABELLE and Directeur Général Mikaël JUNGERS (appointed late 2020), with a 23-member Conseil d'Administration and a team of 85 employees.

Core operations encompass property management, new construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of social housing stock. The 2023 production cycle delivered 44 dwellings (27 individual, 17 collective) with 176 units under construction and 55 under rehabilitation. The organization holds Quali'Hlm certification (since June 2018) and the European 'Bailleur Convivial' label (June 2016, first in Poitou-Charentes). Distribution occurs through a headquarters in La Rochelle plus two regional agencies (Agence Nord at Villeneuve-les-Salines, Agence Sud at Royan) and three proximity antennas (Jonzac, Surgères, Aytré). Rent is collected monthly via the PayZen online payment gateway.

The revenue model is subscription-recurring regulated rental income under the HLM framework, supplemented by charges locatives (taxes, consumptions, collective charges, maintenance contracts). Capital expenditure is funded through departmental guarantees and a €31 million financing convention signed with Banque des Territoires in 2023. Habitat 17 operates a wholly-owned subsidiary, TERRA NOE (created 2019 with Vendée partners), which extends the addressable market into Bail Réel Solidaire (BRS) affordable homeownership. The entity is not a privately-held commercial company but a public establishment under French administrative law with no private shareholders or venture capital investors.

Name

Habitat 17

Legal name

Office Public de l'Habitat de la Charente-Maritime

Website

https://habitat17.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Habitat 17 is a French public social housing operator (Office Public de l'Habitat) managing approximately 5,000 HLM units across 80+ communes in the Charente-Maritime department, serving income-eligible households and 700+ seniors via regulated rental housing, construction, and rehabilitation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Social Housing

NAICS

Other Residential Care Facilities (623990)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Housing & Social Housing Development/Modernization Programs (FSALAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Development & Neighborhood Revitalization Housing Programs (FSALAKAO), Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Social housing management
• Affordable rental housing
• HLM public housing
• Housing rehabilitation services
• Social housing construction

Headquarters

HQ city

La Rochelle

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Social Housing Rentals: Habitat 17 generates revenue through rental income from approximately 4,800-5,000 social housing units across the Charente-Maritime department. Rents are regulated under HLM (Habitations à Loyer Modéré) framework, with pricing based on tenant income criteria and unit type (T1 through T6).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Habitat 17 is a public social housing operator (Office Public de l'Habitat) that builds, rehabilitates, and rents approximately 4,800-5,000 regulated HLM housing units across 80+ communes in the Charente-Maritime department of France. It serves income-eligible households with monthly rental contracts, allocates units through the Commission d'Attribution des Logements, and provides accompanying tenant support services including online rent payment, senior support programs, and budget counseling.

Product overview

Habitat 17 operates as a unified social housing management organization providing a comprehensive suite of housing services. The core offering centers on managing approximately 5,000 social housing units across Charente-Maritime, including property management, tenant support, and maintenance services. The organization provides online rent payment capabilities through PayZen integration. Through its subsidiary TERRA NOE, Habitat 17 extends its reach with Bail Réel Solidaire (BRS) home ownership programs. Additional services include the Seniors Solidaires program for elderly residents and a unified housing application system for departmental coverage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 5,000 housing units managed across 80+ communes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UDAF17 (Union Départementale des Associations Familiales)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 October 2024Partnership signed October 9, 2024 to provide free personalized budget advice to Habitat 17 tenants through UDAF17's 'Point Conseil Budget' counselors. The partnership operates across 12 locations in Charente-Maritime, helping families experiencing financial difficulties.
• TERRA NOEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubsidiary of Habitat 17 created with Vendée partners to offer Bail Réel Solidaire (BRS), a new mechanism for property access that separates land ownership from building ownership. Presented at the HLM Congress.
• CAF (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales)minorOthersNational family allowance fund - partner for social housing programs.
• MSA (Mutualité Sociale Agricole)minorOthersAgricultural social insurance mutual - partner for rural tenant support.
• Communauté d'Agglomération de La RochelleminorOthersLocal intermunicipal community - partner for urban development and housing projects in La Rochelle metropolitan area.
• Communauté d'Agglomération Royan AtlantiqueminorOthersLocal intermunicipal community - partner for housing projects in the Royan area.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Vilogia: Vilogia is a major French ESH/OPH social housing operator concentrated in northern France, comparable in regulated rental housing model, urban renewal involvement, and quality certification positioning to Habitat 17.
• CDC Habitat: CDC Habitat is the largest social housing operator in France with a national portfolio (over 500,000 units); it competes in the same HLM-regulated rent pool as Habitat 17 but at vastly greater scale and with broader geographic and product diversification.
• Immobilière 3F: Immobilière 3F is one of France's largest social housing landlords, part of Action Logement; comparable to Habitat 17 in the rent-regulated HLM segment, but operating a much larger, multi-regional portfolio with broader funding capacity.
• ICF Habitat: ICF Habitat is a national French social housing group (formerly linked to SNCF) operating rent-regulated affordable housing units and related services; comparable segment, regulatory framework, and tenant support model, though at multi-regional scale.
• Paris Habitat: Paris Habitat is the largest OPH in France, managing over 230,000 social housing units in the Paris metropolitan area; same EPIC public landlord status as Habitat 17, but at city-wide scale with greater development capacity.

Direct peers

• Erilia: Erilia is an ESH social housing operator with a comparable mid-sized portfolio focused on affordable rental housing and rehabilitation across southern France, sharing HLM rent regulation, public-sector partnerships, and tenant support programs analogous to Habitat 17.
• Domofrance: Domofrance is a French social housing operator (ESH) operating in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, directly comparable to Habitat 17 in scale, business model (rent-regulated social housing), and regional/multi-departmental footprint serving similar modest-income tenants.

Others

• Peabody: Peabody is a large UK housing association providing regulated affordable and social housing with tenant support services; comparable mission, regulated-rent revenue model, and emphasis on community programs, but operates under UK housing policy rather than French HLM law.

Regional players

• Logirem: Logirem is a regional French ESH (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) operating a portfolio of regulated affordable rental units; structurally analogous to Habitat 17 as a regional public-mission landlord, though serving a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/habitat-17
• Instagraminstagram.com/habitat17_/?hl=fr

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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