What Alceane does

Alcéane is a public social housing office (Office Public de l'Habitat) operating as an Etablissement Public à Caractère Industriel et Commercial (EPIC), attached to and governed by the communauté urbaine Le Havre Seine Métropole. Founded on 4 December 1914 as the Office Public d'Habitations à Bon Marché (OPHLM), it is one of France's oldest continuously operating social housing providers and self-describes as the 'premier bailleur social' of the Le Havre Seine Métropole urban community. Its portfolio spans rental housing, property sales (both new-build VEFA and existing stock), garage and parking rentals, and commercial/professional space leasing across approximately 15 communes including Le Havre, Honfleur, Deauville, Montivilliers, Harfleur, Octeville-sur-Mer, Epouville, Angerville-l'Orcher, Gonfreville-l'Orcher, and Yport.

The organization's primary operational focus is the management of a regulated social housing stock serving low-to-moderate income households, students, seniors, people with reduced mobility, and first-time homebuyers, with a 2022 tenant election proxy indicating roughly 13,788 tenant households. Service delivery combines on-the-ground property management with a digital infrastructure comprising the Mon Alcéane tenant portal (moncompte.alceane.fr), iOS and Android mobile applications, the nosannonces.alceane.fr listings portal for rentals and sales, and the Contrat Entretien Dépannage (CED) network covering minor repairs within a 48-hour SLA through providers such as ISERBA, Logista, Unicia, and ASTERIO.

Revenue mechanics are predominantly subscription-recurring, anchored by monthly rents set at 'loyers modérés' below-market rates paid via direct debit, online card payment, bank transfer, cheque, or TIP, supplemented by one-time property sales, recurring garage/parking rentals, and commercial space leases tendered via appel à projet. Capital expenditure is largely funded through public financing mechanisms including the French government's Plan de Relance (approximately €1.7M captured across friche recycling, energy performance, and eco-renovation programs) alongside multi-party NPNRU conventions with Le Havre Seine Métropole, the prefecture, the region, the department, Action Logement, Banque des Territoires, and Immobilière Basse-Seine. The business is heavily oriented toward long-cycle urban renewal, with major thermal rehabilitation programs completed or underway covering 652 dwellings (Graville/Soquence), 566 dwellings (Aplemont), 180 apartments (Belle Etoile), 175 apartments (Tourneville III/IV), 285 units (Mayville), and 121 dwellings (Blason).

Name

Alceane

Legal name

Alcéane Office Public de l'Habitat Le Havre Seine Métropole

Website

https://alceane.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

1914

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Havre

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Social Housing Rentals: Alcéane derives the majority of its revenue from rental income generated by its social housing portfolio. Rents are set at regulated affordable levels (loyers modérés) below market rates, with rent payments made monthly in arrears by tenants via multiple methods (direct debit, online card payment, bank transfer, cheque, TIP).
2. Property Sales (VEFA and Existing Stock): Alcéane sells social housing units to tenants and private buyers, offering properties at attractive prices with no agency fees and reduced notary costs. Sales include both new-build units acquired under VEFA (Vente en État Futur d'Achèvement) and existing housing stock.
3. Garage and Parking Rental: Alcéane rents out garage and parking spaces to tenants and local residents across the Le Havre metropolitan area.
4. Commercial and Professional Space Leasing: Alcéane leases commercial spaces within its residential buildings to businesses, such as the 530 m² space at the Blason residence, supermarket and optician units at Agapanthe, and retail space at La Limmat.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Alcéane is a public social housing office (Office Public de l'Habitat) that acquires, manages, leases, sells, constructs, and rehabilitates social housing units for the Le Havre Seine Métropole urban community in France. It also provides related tenant services including maintenance contracts, emergency hotlines, and digital account management through web and mobile platforms.

Product overview

Alcéane is a public social housing provider (Office Public de l'Habitat) serving Le Havre Seine Métropole. Its digital offering consists of the Mon Alcéane tenant portal (web and mobile app), the nosannonces.alceane.fr listing portals for rentals and sales, and supplementary service modules including the Contrats Entretien Dépannage (CED) for maintenance services. The company operates exclusively in social housing management and does not offer a platform architecture or API ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Housing Rental Services Core social housing rental service providing affordable accommodation to income-eligible households across the Le Havre Seine Métropole area, including urban renewal projects and adapted housing for seniors and people with reduced mobility.
• Property Sales Services Sales of social housing units (both new-build VEFA and existing stock) at attractive prices with no agency fees and reduced notary costs, targeted at first-time homebuyers and individuals seeking affordable property ownership.
• Mon Alcéane Tenant Portal Online tenant portal allowing Alcéane tenants to pay rent via direct debit or card, set up payment methods, submit maintenance requests, upload insurance certificates, order access badges, view proximity contacts, and download electronic rent statements.
• Mon Alcéane Mobile Application Mobile application for iOS and Android providing tenants with rent payment, maintenance request submission, badge ordering, document uploads, and proximity contact access directly from smartphones.
• nosannonces.alceane.fr Rental Listings Online portal for browsing and applying for available social rental properties managed by Alcéane across the Le Havre Seine Métropole area.
• Commercial and Professional Space Leasing Leasing of commercial and professional spaces within Alcéane's residential buildings to businesses, including supermarket units, optician stores, and other retail or office spaces through formal tender processes.
• Contrat Entretien Dépannage (CED) Maintenance Service Contracted maintenance and repair service network enabling tenants to request repairs for leaks, blocked sinks, faulty locks, dislodged electrical outlets within a 48-hour service-level agreement, plus annual safety inspections.
• Garage and Parking Rental Rental of garage and parking spaces to tenants and local residents across the Le Havre metropolitan area.

Quantifiable outcome

• 43 families achieved an average 8% reduction in energy consumption through the Défi Énergie challenge
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Que Choisir and La DantineminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 March 2024For the 2024 Défi Énergie challenge with 43 tenant families, Alcéane partnered with the association Que Choisir (energy offer analysis workshop) and La Dantine (anti-food-waste cooking workshop), providing educational content and prizes to participants.
• Un été au HavreminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 May 2023Alcéane partnered with the Un été au Havre 2023 cultural festival, hosting 25 XXL frescoes created by artist Grégory Chatonsky using AI and pre-demolition photographic archives to imagine an alternative version of Le Havre. The murals were installed on building façades across several neighborhoods (Caucriauville, Aplemont, Mare-Rouge, Quartier de l'Eure).
• Marianne SolidaritéscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 May 2022Alcéane provides Marianne Solidarités with two spaces totaling 125 m² at the Blason residence — a well-being space (offering naturopathy, hairdressing, aesthetics services) and a large shared lounge opening onto the interior courtyard — managed by an animateur-coordinator to build social and intergenerational solidarity projects among residents.
• AFEV (Association de la Fondation Etudiante pour la Ville)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 January 2022Alcéane signed a convention with AFEV to provide furnished apartments for student colocation under the COLOC76 program. Students aged 18–30 (students, apprentices, young workers) commit to 2 hours per week of solidarity projects in the neighborhood in exchange for affordable furnished housing. Alcéane furnishes and rents units at attractive rates including charges, water, electricity, internet, and insurance. AFEV manages commercializing the housing and provides ongoing student follow-up.
• Partageons un havrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 May 2021Alcéane partners with the association Partageons un havre (law 1901, recognized as being in the general interest) to facilitate intergenerational cohabitation between senior tenants (over 60) and students. Seniors with a spare room host students in exchange for company and intergenerational solidarity, helping prevent isolation. The association manages matching and follow-up.
• Recipro CitécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2021Recipro Cité manages an 80 m² communal space at the Hébégeras residence (62 units) to foster social links, solidarity, and intergenerational connections among residents, facilitating collective projects and the 'vivre-ensemble' (community living) ethos.
• Vanina NICOLI (Sous-préfète du Havre), Rodolphe THOMAS (Vice-president Région Normandie), Florence THIBAUDEAU-RAINOT (Vice-president Département 76), Jean-Baptiste GASTINNE (Maire du Havre / President Le Havre Seine Métropole), Jacques FURON (Président Action Logement Normandie), Hugues VANEL (Président Foncière Logement), Céline SENMARTIN (Directrice Régionale Banque des Territoires), Cédric LEFEVRE (Directeur Général Immobilière Basse-Seine)coreOthers · 15 October 2019Alcéane signed the convention for urban renewal of the Vallée-Béreult neighborhood (part of NPNRU) alongside multiple public and institutional partners including prefecture, region, department, city, Action Logement, Foncière Logement, Banque des Territoires, and Immobilière Basse-Seine. The first phase involved demolition of the 432-unit Graville-La Vallée complex to make way for a 14,000 m² sports and landscaped park.
• Les Maisons de MariannecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2019Alcéane partnered with Les Maisons de Marianne and Nexity to redevelop the former 1920s fire station (Caserne des Pompiers) into 81 social housing units, 40 homeownership units, and a gallery of art. Les Maisons de Marianne provides inter-generational community programming through an on-site animateur-coordinator managing social projects and solidarity activities between residents. This is a flagship inter-generational housing initiative at the Blason residence.
• Une Saison Graphique and Le Goût des AutresminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 May 2017Alcéane partnered with the 'Une Saison Graphique' (graphism festival) and 'Le Goût des Autres' (literary festival) to create 'Étant donné un mur' — a public art project redecorating 22 building piers with literary excerpts and graphic art from renowned designers, reappropriating living spaces and renewing residents' perspectives on their habitat.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Erilia: ES HLM operating primarily in southeastern France with ~80,000 units. Direct peer in terms of OPH/ESH social housing structure, rental-plus-rehabilitation business model, and tenant service orientation, though in a different geographic market.
• ICF Habitat: SNCF group-affiliated ES HLM managing ~95,000 social housing units nationally, with a focus on railway-worker housing but operating broadly in the French affordable rental market. Comparable by structure (ESH OPH model), tenant services, and capex-heavy stock rehabilitation programs.
• CDC Habitat: France's largest social housing operator (ES HLM), CDC Habitat is a Caisse des Dépôts subsidiary managing over 540,000 units. Alceane operates in the same French social housing market and even co-invests with CDC Habitat on specific projects (e.g., 8 intermediate units at Blason residence). It is the most directly comparable OPH/ESH counterpart by business model.
• Alliade Habitat: ES HLM operating in Rhône-Alpes/Auvergia with ~60,000 units. Comparable OPH/ESH peer by business model (rental, sale, rehabilitation, tenant services) and structure, though concentrated in a different regional market.
• 1001 Vies Habitat: ES HLM resulting from the merger of Logement Français, Castel & Fromaget, and Arcade. Manages ~90,000 social housing units nationwide with a similar mix of rentals, sales, and rehabilitation. Comparable by structure, business model, and tenant services focus.
• Immobilière Basse-Seine: A Normandy-based ES HLM operating in the same Le Havre/Rouen geography as Alcéane. Mentioned in Alcéane's own partnerships as co-signer on the Vallée-Béreult urban renewal convention (NPNRU), making it a directly comparable peer for Normandy regional social housing competition.

Broad incumbents

• Paris Habitat: The largest French OPH, managing over 130,000 units exclusively in Paris. Comparable as a public OPH under city government mandate, with similar regulatory positioning, tenant services, and large-scale rehabilitation programs, though operating at substantially larger scale in a different urban market.
• Seqens: ES HLM operating in Île-de-France and surrounding regions with ~70,000 units. Comparable as a diversified social housing operator combining rentals, sales (VEFA), and rehabilitation, though at much larger scale.
• Vilogia: ES HLM with ~90,000 units primarily in northern France. Geographic and structural overlap with Alcéane's Normandy operations, with comparable large-scale thermal rehabilitation programs and regulated below-market rent structure.

Emerging players

• Nexity: France's largest private real estate developer, named as Alcéane's co-development partner on the Blason residence (40 homeownership units). Adjacent peer through the affordable housing development program, though Nexity's primary model is market-rate rather than regulated social housing.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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