What Bourg Habitat does

Grand Bourg Habitat (operating as Bourg Habitat) is a French public social housing organization structured as an Office Public de l'Habitat (OPH) and Établissement Public à Caractère Industriel et Commercial (EPIC), serving as the housing arm of the Communauté d'Agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse (CA3B). It manages approximately 5,466 to 5,600 residential housing units, 2,115 garages, and 39 commercial/association spaces across 27 to 30 communes in the Ain department (01). Its core offering is regulated social rental housing (PLUS) for households meeting income ceilings, supplemented by specialized sub-products: the 40-unit Aristide Briand student residence, the Charles Robin inter-generational residence, the MARPA senior autonomy residence, and the Haissor senior residence.

The business model is rent-based and entirely regulated: monthly subscription-style rental income from individual tenants, with rents capped below private-market levels, no agency or application fees, and one-month deposit. Revenue is reinvested into loan repayment, property construction/rehabilitation, maintenance, taxes, and operational costs. Distribution is direct-to-tenant via in-person offices (headquarters at 16 avenue Maginot and the Brou agency), the national demande-logement-social.gouv.fr platform, employer referrals through Action Logement, and a weekly Commissions d'Attribution des Logements (CAL) that selects three dossiers per available unit. The technology stack is conventional for the sector: a tenant-facing online portal (monagence.bourg-habitat.com) for rent payment, maintenance requests, and document access, alongside a website presence and social media channels (Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube).

The customer base spans low-to-moderate income households, students, seniors (adapted housing, MARPA, Haissor), and people with disabilities, with approximately 497 housing units attributed per year and an 88.4% tenant satisfaction rate from a September/October 2017 survey. The organization is led by Directeur Général Thomas LE GALL, governed by a Board of Directors, and operates approximately 51-100 employees of which more than half work directly in-field as sector managers, caretakers, and maintenance/cleaning staff. There is no disclosed revenue, no private or institutional funding, and no M&A activity — the entity is a stable, government-owned local social housing operator rather than an investable growth company.

Name

Bourg Habitat

Legal name

Grand Bourg Habitat

Website

https://bourg-habitat.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1929

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Grand Bourg Habitat (Bourg Habitat) is a French public social housing organization (OPH/EPIC) under CA3B that manages approximately 5,466 regulated residential rental units, 2,115 garages, and 39 commercial spaces across 27-30 communes in the Ain department for low-to-moderate income households, students, seniors, and people with disabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Social Housing

NAICS

Other Residential Care Facilities (623990)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Non-Operating Establishments (9995)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Public social housing
• Rental housing management
• Social housing operator
• Residential property leasing
• Housing renovation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bourg-en-bresse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Residential Rental Income: Monthly rental payments from approximately 5,466 residential units. Rents calculated based on unit surface area, geographic location, provided amenities, and completed renovations. Revenue is reinvested in loan repayment, property construction/rehabilitation, maintenance, taxes, and operational costs.
2. Commercial and Association Spaces: Revenue from 39 commercial and association spaces managed within the housing portfolio.
3. Garage Rentals: Monthly rental income from 2,115 garages available to tenants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Grand Bourg Habitat is a French public social housing office (Office Public de l'Habitat, OPH) that buys, builds, renovates and manages a portfolio of approximately 5,466 subsidized rental housing units across 27 communes in the Ain department, centered on Bourg-en-Bresse. It leases this portfolio — made up of residential units (the dominant share), commercial premises and garages — at regulated social rents to qualifying low- and middle-income households, while supporting tenants with on-site offices, maintenance services, and digital tenant tools.

Product overview

Grand Bourg Habitat is a French public social housing organization (Office Public de l'Habitat - OPH) operating under the CA3B (Communauté d'Agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse). The organization manages a portfolio of approximately 5,466 housing units across 30 communes in the Ain department. Its core offering is social housing rental services, which includes standard apartments and houses, specialized housing for seniors (intergenerational residences, MARPA, adapted housing), and student housing. The organization supplements its housing services with a digital tenant portal (Agence en Ligne) enabling online rent payments, maintenance requests, and document management. Prospective tenants can submit housing applications through a national online platform. The organization also offers virtual property tours for available units.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Résidence étudiante Aristide Briand: Student residence with 40 housing units (35 T1 bis and 5 T2) located near the university campus and city center, with rent starting from €312 including charges.
• Résidence intergénérationnelle Charles Robin
• MARPA de Saint-Julien-sur-Reyssouze
• Haissor - La Maison du Moulin

Products and services

• Social rental housing Managed portfolio of approximately 5,466 subsidized residential rental units leased at regulated social rents to qualifying low- and middle-income households across 27 communes in the Ain department, centered on Bourg-en-Bresse.
• Commercial and professional premises rental Rental of commercial premises and professional spaces within Grand Bourg Habitat's portfolio to local small businesses, shopkeepers and professionals.
• Parking and garage rentals Parking spaces and garages attached to Grand Bourg Habitat's housing and commercial portfolio, rented to tenants and other local users.
• Housing renovation programs Renovation and refurbishment of existing social housing stock across the 27 communes of operation, supported by public and EU-subsidized funding programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 88.4% tenant satisfaction rate based on September/October 2017 survey

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ACTION LOGEMENTcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorACTION LOGEMENT serves as a referral channel for employees of affiliated companies to access social housing. Located at 247 chemin de Bellevue 01960 PERONNAS, Tel. 04 74 42 25 02.
• ADIL DE L'AIN (Agence Départementale d'Information sur le Logement)minorOthersHousing information advisory service providing guidance on housing rights and access. 34 rue Général Delestraint 01000 BOURG EN BRESSE, Tel. 04 74 21 82 77.
• ALEC 01 (Agence Locale de l'Energie et du Climat)minorOthersEnergy advisory partner helping with energy efficiency in housing. 102 Boulevard Édouard Herriot 01000 Viriat, Tel. 04 74 45 16 46.
• CAISSE D'ALLOCATIONS FAMILIALES (CAF de l'Ain)coreOthersFamily allowance fund providing APL (aide personnalisée au logement) to eligible tenants. 4 rue Aristide Briand 01000 BOURG EN BRESSE, Tel. 0 810 25 01 10.
• COMMUNAUTÉ D'AGGLOMÉRATION DU BASSIN DE BOURG-EN-BRESSE (CA3B)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government aggregation body coordinating territorial balance objectives for housing attribution. Coordinates housing policy and development priorities. 3 avenue Arsène d'Arsonval 01000 BOURG EN BRESSE, Tel. 04 74 24 75 15.
• Water Service Providers (Régie des Eaux, AQUALTER, SUEZ, SOGEDO)minorOthersVarious water service providers covering different communes within the housing portfolio area for tenant water supply services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Batigère: Major national ESH network managing tens of thousands of units across multiple French regions. Comparable social housing landlord model with diverse housing types, although at a much larger scale and broader geography than Bourg Habitat.
• CDC Habitat: The largest social housing operator in France, subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts. Comparable as a regulated social landlord with national scale; materially larger and broader than Bourg Habitat, but uses a similar OPH/ESH-style operating model.
• ICF Habitat: One of France's largest ESH (Entreprise Sociale pour l'Habitat) operators, subsidiary of the SNCF group's ICF, with national reach including Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Comparable social housing landlord model but significantly larger and more diversified than Bourg Habitat.

Direct peers

• Dynacité: ESH operating across the Rhône-Alpes/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region managing a diversified portfolio of family, senior, and student housing. Highly comparable mid-sized regional social landlord serving similar demographics.
• Pluralis: ESH operating in Isère and parts of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with a similar portfolio of family, senior, and adapted housing. Comparable mid-sized social housing operator with analogous tenant mix and field-service model.
• Semcoda: Ain-region Société d'Économie Mixte de Construction et d'Aménagement operating social and affordable housing. Most geographically comparable to Bourg Habitat, directly overlapping in tenant base and Ain department communes.
• Lyon Métropole Habitat: The OPH (Office Public de l'Habitat) for Lyon Métropole, the largest social housing operator in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Directly comparable to Bourg Habitat as a public social housing landlord managing tens of thousands of units across multiple communes with mixed family, senior, and student housing.
• Est Métropole Habitat: OPH for the eastern Lyon metropolitan area, operating ~17,000 social housing units. Comparable public social landlord model (EPIC-equivalent), tenants served, and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional footprint.
• Alliade Habitat: Major ESH in the Lyon/Rhône-Alpes region managing tens of thousands of social housing units. Directly comparable as a regional social housing landlord serving similar tenant demographics, with both family and specialized housing.
• Valloire Habitat: ESH operating in the Loire and Haute-Loire departments of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Comparable mid-sized social landlord model with mixed family and specialized housing across multiple communes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BourgHabitat
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bourg-habitat
• Instagraminstagram.com/grand_bourg_habitat

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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