What Habitat et Humanisme does

Habitat et Humanisme is a French non-profit federation headquartered in Caluire-et-Cuire (Lyon), founded in 1985 by Bernard Devert to combat housing precarity and social isolation. It operates as a Fédération reconnue d'utilité publique through a network of 58 local associations spanning 87 French departments plus Belgium and Luxembourg, with approximately 2,600 employees and a substantial volunteer base (e.g., Rhône alone has 1,136 volunteers). Its mission is delivered along three pillars: housing (social, intergenerational, inclusive, and emergency housing), social accompaniment (individual and collective support for residents), and social link creation (solidarity third places and the Heure Solidaire events).

The organization's service portfolio includes the Propriétaires et solidaires program (a property management scheme with 5,000+ property owners and 11 AIVS/AIS agencies), the Habitat et Humanisme Soin care network (62 medical-social establishments and 56 services, primarily EHPADs), the EHD foncière solidarity real estate vehicle (€298M capital, ~9,500 shareholders, 701 housing units), 12,000+ housing units managed or acquired, 40,000+ families housed since inception, and digital inclusion initiatives. Major residences include Résidence Anne Frank (Montpellier, 63 rooms), La Bonne Étoile (Strasbourg, 45 units), Clos Vallès (Villeurbanne, 53 units), EHPAD Antoine Charial (Francheville, 96 beds), Résidence Saint-Martin (Reims, 17 units), and recent additions Le Verger and pension de famille Servient (Lyon, 21 units).

Habitat et Humanisme generates resources across four streams: tax-deductible donations and legacies (75% IR reduction up to €1,000, then 66%; 92% of resources directed to social mission in 2024), property management fees under the Propriétaires et solidaires scheme, solidarity finance products (EHD foncière shares at €20/share with 25% income tax reduction, solidarity savings accounts, mutual funds, life insurance), and residence fees (e.g., €1,350-1,500/month all-inclusive at senior residences; €45-65/day for short stays). Go-to-market is community-led through the local association network, supported by partnerships with ANCV, ANAH, Leroy Merlin, SNCF, Fondation Nexity, Crédit Coopératif, and Altarea, among others. The EHD foncière is regulated by the AMF.

Name

Habitat et Humanisme

Legal name

Fédération Habitat et Humanisme

Website

https://habitat-humanisme.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Habitat et Humanisme is a French non-profit federation operating 58 local associations across 87 departments, providing social housing, accompaniment, and solidarity finance to vulnerable and elderly populations, with 12,000+ housing units and 62 medical-social establishments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Housing Services

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Other Residential Care Facilities (623990)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Affordable / Low-Income Assisted Living (Medicaid Waiver Focused) (HLADABAE), Independent Living with Supportive Services (Light ADL/IADL Support) (HLADAAAE)

Keywords

• Social housing services
• Elderly care facilities
• Nonprofit housing association
• Property management services
• Solidarity finance

Headquarters

HQ city

Caluire-et-cuire

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Legacies: Individual donations (one-time or recurring), legacy donations, and insurance life policies. Donations are tax-deductible (75% IR reduction, 66% after limits, up to IFI deductions). The organization allocates 92% of resources to social mission.
2. Solidarity Property Management: Management fees from property owners using the Propriétaires et solidaires® scheme. Owners receive tax benefits (up to 65% tax reduction via Loc'Avantages, property tax exemptions) while Habitat et Humanisme manages the property and guarantees rent.
3. Solidarity Finance (Foncières): The foncière EHD raises capital from investors through share subscriptions (€20 per share), offering 25% income tax reduction. As of data, has 3,477 subscribers and 701 housing units. Also offers solidarity savings accounts and mutual funds.
4. Residence Fees: Fees from senior residences and intergenerational housing. Anne Frank residence charges €1,350-1,500/month all-inclusive for seniors, with student and short-stay options.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Habitat et Humanisme is a non-profit federation that provides social housing, social accompaniment, and elderly care services to vulnerable populations across France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The organization operates three core pillars: (1) Logement (housing) — providing individual and collective housing solutions including family pensions, intergenerational residences, inclusive housing, and emergency shelter; (2) Accompagnement (social support) — individual and collective support for housed persons including friendly visits, cultural outings, employment assistance, and health prevention; (3) Création de liens sociaux — programs fighting isolation through solidarity third-places and cultural events. It also operates 62+ medical-social establishments (EHPADs) for elderly care and manages a solidarity real estate fund (EHD).

Product overview

Habitat et Humanisme is a non-profit organization (founded 1985) operating across France, Belgium, and Luxembourg with 58 local associations in 87 French departments. The organization offers a comprehensive portfolio of housing, support, and social connection services organized around three core pillars: (1) Logement - social housing solutions including individual/collective housing, family pensions, intergenerational residences, inclusive housing, and emergency shelter; (2) Accompagnement - individual and collective social support services; and (3) Création de Liens - programs building social connections including solidarity third-places and cultural events. The portfolio includes specialized sub-brands including Habitat et Humanisme Soin (62+ medical-social establishments/EHPADs), the Propriétaires et solidaires property management service, and Finance Solidaire investment products including the EHD real estate fund. Major residence projects include Résidence Anne Frank (Montpellier), La Bonne Étoile (Strasbourg), Clos Vallès (Villeurbanne), and EHPADs across France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Habitat et Humanisme Soin: Network of care establishments for elderly and vulnerable persons, operating EHPADs and specialized care facilities
• Habitat et Humanisme Urgence
• Entreprendre pour Humaniser la Dépendance (EHD)
• Propriétaires et solidaires
• AIVS (Agence Immobilière à Vocation Sociale)
• Heure Solidaire
• Escale Solidaire
• Jardins Solidaires

Products and services

• Logement d'Insertion (Social Housing) Individual and collective housing solutions for individuals and families in housing precarity, including family pensions, intergenerational residences, inclusive housing, emergency shelter, and residences for elderly people.
• Accompagnement Social (Social Support) Individual and collective support services offered to all housed persons, adapted to each person's situation including friendly visits, cultural outings, employment assistance, and health prevention.
• Création de Liens Sociaux (Social Link Building) Actions to combat isolation of vulnerable people and recreate social bonds including solidarity third-places, Heure Solidaire events, and cultural programs.
• Habitat et Humanisme Soin (Care Network) Network of 62+ medical-social establishments and 56 services caring for elderly or dependent people with limited resources, operating EHPADs and care facilities.
• Propriétaires et solidaires (Solidarity Property Owners) Property management service allowing owners to securely rent to people with limited resources while benefiting from tax advantages. Includes gestion mandates, subletting, and AIVS/AIS agencies.
• Finance Solidaire (Solidarity Finance) Socially responsible savings and investment products including solidarity savings accounts, mutual funds, life insurance, and shares in the EHD real estate fund.
• Foncière EHD (EHD Real Estate Fund) Solidarity real estate company acquiring, renovating, and building housing for people in need. With 3,477 subscribers, 701 housing units, and 24 temporary accommodation centers.
• Tiers-Lieux Solidaires (Solidarity Third Places) Physical spaces fostering social connection and solidarity, including 'Escales Solidaires' that welcomed over 2,000 visitors annually.
• Heure Solidaire Annual solidarity event series bringing together chefs and residents for cooking workshops promoting healthy eating and social connection.
• Résidence Anne Frank Intergenerational residence in Montpellier with 63 individual rooms for isolated elderly people, students, and post-operative patients. Offers inclusive living with common spaces and activities at €1,350-1,500/month all-inclusive.
• Maison François d'Assises Intergenerational residence in Montpellier with 30 housing units for elderly people with limited resources, families, and young people.
• La Bonne Étoile Intergenerational house in Strasbourg with 45 housing units for low-resource individuals suffering from isolation, including studios and T1-T3 apartments.
• Résidence Autonomie Saint-Martin 17-unit PLS residence in Reims for autonomous elderly people 60+ with limited resources, with eco-responsible construction using wood and biosourced materials.
• Résidence Sociale Clos Vallès 53-unit social residence in Villeurbanne for people struggling to access private housing, first social residence of the association.
• EHPAD Antoine Charial 96-bed EHPAD in Francheville for elderly people 65+ with physical and psychological disorders and limited resources, managed by EHD foncière.
• EHPAD La Roseraie 62-bed EHPAD project in Montpellier including PASA unit, plus 9 independent housing units promoting intergenerational and inclusive living.
• Mieux-Manger Initiative Quality food service initiative re-internalizing catering in medical-social establishments to improve residents' quality of life.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92% of resources allocated to social mission
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ANCV (Agence Nationale pour les Chèques-Vacances)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Financed vacation stays for 49 seniors from 7 EHPADs through PADA program (Programme d'Aide au Départ en Vacances), enabling elderly in care facilities to access vacation benefits.
• Marthe Kehren (Maraîchère)minorOthers · 1 January 2025Alsacian market gardener committed to sustainable agriculture who participated as ambassador in Heure Solidaire 2025 cooking workshop.
• Jean-Michel Mougard (Disciples Escoffier)minorOthers · 1 January 2025President Grand Est and international vice-president of Disciples Escoffier who shared culinary expertise during Heure Solidaire event.
• Alain Kleinbeck (Chef)minorOthers · 1 January 2025Chef specializing in plant-based cuisine who contributed expertise to Heure Solidaire 2025 sustainable cooking workshop.
• Kevin GameirominorOthers · 1 January 2025Professional footballer who participated as ambassador in Heure Solidaire cooking event with Habitat et Humanisme Alsace.
• Yoann RichommeminorOthers · 1 January 2025Ocean racing champion and solidarity ambassador for Habitat et Humanisme, involved in Vendée Globe 2024 partnership.
• François-Régis GaudryminorOthers · 1 January 2025Food journalist who helped launch Heure Solidaire 2025 edition, participating in cooking solidarity events.
• Vacances OuvertesminorOthers · 1 January 2024Study by Vacances Ouvertes (2024) confirms positive impact of vacations on wellbeing, self-esteem, motivation, and social relations for seniors.
• Harmonie MutuellecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-created the theater play 'Écrans pour tous et tous à cran' to fight digital precarity. Harmonie Mutuelle helped with creation and dissemination of the project.
• Fondation CetelemcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023Supporting deployment of the 'Écrans pour tous et tous à cran' project across about 20 territories in France over two years, with aim to sensitize 500 people to digital inclusion.
• Leroy MerlincoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner for solidarity purchases supporting EHPAD projects. Leroy Merlin teams participated in renovation work at Douai site through solidarity days.
• Bail Rénov'coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational program engaged with Habitat et Humanisme to provide workshops and property visits to guide owners on available aid and energy renovation work.
• SNCFminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner supporting the intergeneration residence La Bonne Étoile project.
• AG2R La MondialeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInsurance partner supporting the intergeneration residence La Bonne Étoile project.
• Fondation NexitycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFoundation supporting habitat projects and the Locataire Academy for tenant education and empowerment.
• Institut NutritionminorOthersCalled for projects that nominated Habitat et Humanisme Soin's 'Mieux-manger' project in 'coup de cœur' category for educational table mats in EHPADs.
• AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers)minorOthersFrench Financial Markets Authority that approves capital increases for solidarity investment vehicles like the EHD foncière.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• ADOMA: France's largest social housing operator (state-owned, CDC group), managing tens of thousands of residences across France with a focus on affordable and migrant housing — comparable scale and resident populations but a public-sector owner.
• Croix-Rouge française: Large French humanitarian organization operating emergency shelters, social housing, and medico-social establishments for vulnerable populations including elderly — overlapping service portfolio at materially larger scale.
• Caritas France (Secours Catholique): Federated Catholic charity operating housing assistance, social accompaniment and emergency shelters across France — analogous mission, ecclesial heritage, and dependence on donations and volunteers.
• Orpea (Emeis): One of Europe's largest private EHPAD and elder-care operators; comparable service line to Habitat et Humanisme Soin's 62 medical-social establishments but operating at far larger scale in a for-profit model.

Others

• Fondation Abbé Pierre: Leading French non-profit addressing bad housing and homelessness through advocacy, social rental, and accompaniment programs — a peer in mission scope and French beneficiary population, though primarily advocacy-led.

Direct peers

• Emmaüs France: Federated French non-profit providing housing and social accompaniment for vulnerable populations, with associated social-integration activities and a comparable 60-year heritage of solidarity-based housing and community work.
• France Terre d'Asile: French non-profit operating temporary housing and accommodation centers for refugees and asylum seekers — directly comparable to H&H Urgence and the federation's emergency housing mission.
• Solidarités Nouvelles pour le Logement (SNL): Federated French non-profit that mobilizes private property owners to rent to households in housing difficulty through local groups — directly analogous to Habitat et Humanisme's Propriétaires et solidaires® model and AIVS/AIS network.

Emerging players

• Foncière Chênelet: Solidarity foncière developing rural and elderly housing in France, financing through socially responsible investors; directly comparable to the EHD foncière model at smaller scale.

Regional players

• Samusocial de Paris: Paris-region emergency and mobile-outreach service for homeless people, operating emergency accommodation and social accompaniment — comparable emergency-housing and accompaniment model in a regional setting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/habitatethumanismealsace
• Xx.com/HabitatetHumani

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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