SOLIHA AIN

What SOLIHA AIN does

SOLIHA Ain, formally 'SOLIHA Ain, Solidaires pour l'habitat, association loi 1901 à but non lucratif', is a French non-profit association founded in 1972 and headquartered at 11 Rue Brillat Savarin, 01000 Bourg-en-Bresse. It operates as the departmental branch of the SOLIHA Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes network (one of 10 associations collectively employing 394 staff) and sits within the broader Fédération SOLIHA. The association's mission is to improve substandard, energy-inefficient and inaccessible private housing in the Ain department by providing free technical, financial, administrative and social accompaniment to homeowners and local-authority partners. Its core offerings include animation of OPAH (Opérations Programmées d'Amélioration de l'Habitat) and PIG (Programmes d'Intérêt Général) programmes on behalf of intercommunal authorities, the state-accredited 'Mon Accompagnateur Rénov' service, autonomy diagnostics for elderly and disabled households, energy-poverty home visits, social-housing production through the Maîtrise d'Ouvrage d'Insertion (MOI) scheme, and outreach tools such as the Truck SOLIHA mobile exhibition unit and 'Bien chez soi' prevention workshops. The multidisciplinary team comprises urbanistes, travailleurs sociaux, conseillères habitat, chargés d'opérations, gestionnaires locatifs, techniciens, thermiciens and conseillères en Économie Sociale et Familiale.

The business model is a public-subsidy-funded non-profit: services to eligible households are delivered free of charge, with full cost coverage from ANAH, the Conseil Départemental de l'Ain, intercommunal authorities (EPCI), Action Logement, ADEME, FEDER and other public partners. Revenue is therefore governed by public-policy and budgetary cycles rather than commercial pricing, and the association's economic footprint is best read in terms of programme volume (12 active territorial projects, 2,853 persons advised and 2,110 home visits in 2024). Recent regulatory capture (MAR agrément, January 2024) and product investment (SOLIHA Truck 2020, SOLIHA Lab 2023) indicate the association is extending both its mandated service surface and its innovation capacity within the Ain departmental territory.

Name

SOLIHA AIN

Legal name

SOLIHA Ain, Solidaires pour l'habitat, association loi 1901 à but non lucratif

Website

https://ain.auvergnerhonealpes.soliha.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1972, headquartered in Bourg-en-Bresse, that delivers free housing-improvement, energy-renovation and autonomy-adaptation accompaniment services to homeowners and local authorities across the Ain department, funded by ANAH and public subsidies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Housing Improvement Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Community Housing Services (62422), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC), Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

Keywords

• Housing improvement services
• Energy renovation accompaniment
• OPAH programme animation
• Social housing production
• Adaptation for autonomy

Headquarters

HQ city

Bourg-en-Bresse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Public subsidies and institutional funding: SOLIHA Ain operates as a non-profit association (loi 1901) primarily funded through subsidies from government bodies and local authorities including ANAH, the Conseil Départemental de l'Ain, municipalities, EPCI, Action Logement, ADEME, and the European Union (FEDER). Services to eligible households are free of charge as costs are covered by public finance partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SOLIHA Ain is a non-profit housing improvement operator providing free, end-to-end support to individual homeowners and local authorities across the Ain department in France. Its core services include the Mon Accompagnateur Rénov' personalised renovation accompaniment (mandatory from 2024 for comprehensive energy projects), OPAH and PIG programme animation on behalf of intercommunal authorities, Maîtrise d'Ouvrage d'Insertion (MOI) social housing production, energy poverty home visits, autonomy diagnostics for elderly and disabled persons, and mobile outreach via the SOLIHA Truck.

Product overview

SOLIHA Ain is a non-profit association (association loi 1901) operating as a social housing improvement operator in the Ain department. The organization offers a comprehensive suite of housing-related services centered on a unified accompaniment framework: Mon Accompagnateur Rénov' serves as the primary customer-facing service providing personalized renovation support. Supporting services include OPAH/PIG program animation for territorial collectives, Maîtrise d'Ouvrage d'Insertion (M.O.I.) for social housing production, and specialized services for energy advice visits, awareness workshops, autonomy diagnostics, and combating substandard housing. The portfolio also includes mobile outreach through Le Truck SOLIHA and prevention workshops ('Bien chez soi avec SOLIHA'). All services are offered free of charge to eligible households with support funded by ANAH and local collectives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Le Truck SOLIHA: A mobile exhibition truck that travels across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region since 2020 to sensitize people about home adaptation possibilities for loss of autonomy
• Atelier 'Bien chez soi avec SOLIHA'
• Visites-conseils énergie

Products and services

• Mon Accompagnateur Rénov'
• OPAH Animation (Opération Programmée d'Amélioration de l'Habitat)
• PIG Animation (Programme d'Intérêt Général)
• Maîtrise d'Ouvrage d'Insertion (M.O.I)
• Visite conseil énergie

Quantifiable outcome

• 2853 persons advised and 2110 home visits conducted in 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• ANAH (Agence Nationale de l'Habitat)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary institutional funder and accrediting body. ANAH provides the regulatory framework and majority of subsidy funding for housing improvement programmes. SOLIHA Ain is an accredited ANAH operator and 'Mon Accompagnateur Rénov'' agréé.
• Conseil Départemental de l'AincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey departmental funding partner co-financing OPAH, PIG, and autonomy programmes. Provides programme mandates and co-finances the SOLIHA Ain action plan.
• Communauté de Communes Bugey SudcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntercommunal partner that commissioned SOLIHA Ain to animate its 5-year OPAH covering all communes of the Bugey Sud territory.
• Communauté de Communes de la VeylecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntercommunal partner that commissioned SOLIHA Ain to animate its 5-year OPAH-RU covering Pont-de-Veyle, Vonnas, Mézériat, Crottet, and Laiz.
• Communauté d'Agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-BressecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgglomeration partner that commissioned SOLIHA Ain to animate its 5-year OPAH covering all 74 communes of the Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse territory (2020–2025).
• SPL Alec 01 (Agence Locale de l'Énergie et du Climat de l'Ain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic operational partner for energy poverty actions. Alec 01 and SOLIHA co-animate energy awareness workshops and conduct home visit energy advice in the private housing stock. SOLIHA handles private park visits while Alec 01 handles public park visits.
• CAF (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales) de l'AinmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily allowance fund participating in the departmental housing indigence prevention scheme (PDLHIPE) and providing family housing support.
• MSA (Mutualité Sociale Agricole)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural social mutual providing supplementary funding for housing adaptations for rural households in the Ain department.
• Carsat Rhône-Alpes et AuvergnesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPension and occupational health insurance fund providing support for housing adaptation works for retired workers.
• ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Agence Régionale de Santé)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health agency participating in the departmental housing indigence and energy poverty prevention scheme (PDLHIPE).
• APF France Handicap (Association des Paralysés de France)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDisability advocacy organisation co-supporting housing adaptation projects for persons with disabilities in the Ain department.
• Fondation Abbé PierresupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor French housing charity providing support for social housing production (MOI programme) and advocacy for dignified housing for all.
• SOLIFAPsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOLIHA Foundation for Affordable Housing, providing support for social housing development and insertion housing projects.
• ProcivissupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of social landlords and housing cooperatives supporting affordable homeownership and social housing initiatives.
• Un toit pour toussupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational housing access charity supporting homeless and precarious household housing solutions.
• Adoma (SNI group)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational social housing provider specialising in temporary and migrant worker accommodation, working with SOLIHA on social housing projects.
• Ligue Nationale Contre le TaudissupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational anti-slum advocacy organisation working on decent housing enforcement and slum prevention.
• SNCFsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench national railway company supporting employee housing assistance programmes through Action Logement.
• CAPEB (Confédération des Artisanats et des Petites Entreprises du Bâtiment)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBuilding trades confederation representing artisan SMEs in construction and renovation. Referenced as partner for works requiring qualified RGE (Reconnu Garant de l'Environnement) craftsmen.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Habitat & Humanisme: Non-profit association operating across France that combines social housing production with housing improvement support for vulnerable households. Comparable to SOLIHA Ain in MOI-style insertion housing activity and non-profit housing improvement mission.
• Urbanis: Private engineering and consultancy firm specialised in housing improvement programme animation (OPAH, PIG, études pré-opérationnelles). Directly competes with SOLIHA Ain for local authority mandates across French departments, often as a for-profit alternative.
• Compagnons Bâtisseurs: National non-profit network specialised in housing renovation and self-build assistance for low-income households. Comparable to SOLIHA Ain's renovation support mission and its work with vulnerable and modest-income households.
• SOLIHA Rhône: Sibling SOLIHA association operating in the Rhône department under the same Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional union. Offers the same OPAH/PIG animation, MAR-accredited renovation support, and MOI social housing production — the closest possible peer to SOLIHA Ain within the same institutional network.
• SOLIHA Isère: Another SOLIHA association within the same Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional union, serving the Isère department. Comparable in mandate (housing improvement operator), services (OPAH animation, MAR, MOI), funding model (ANAH subsidies), and customer base (private owners and local authorities).

Others

• Fondation Abbé Pierre: Major French housing charity supporting social housing production and advocacy for dignified housing. Listed as a partner of SOLIHA Ain in MOI activities and adjacent in mission, though operating at a national advocacy rather than operational accompanier level.
• PROCIVIS: National network of social landlords and housing cooperatives supporting affordable homeownership. A strategic partner of SOLIHA Ain with adjacent positioning in affordable housing development and insertion housing finance.

Regional players

• ADIL de l'Ain: Agence Départementale d'Information sur le Logement — public information service providing free legal and financial housing advice in the Ain department. Complementary to SOLIHA Ain (information vs. operational accompaniment) but shares the same territory and institutional funder base.
• ALEC 01 (Agence Locale de l'Énergie et du Climat de l'Ain): Local energy agency co-credited in the Ain department for energy advice (visites-conseils énergie) and is a direct operational partner of SOLIHA Ain. Provides overlapping energy poverty and energy renovation services in the same territory.

Broad incumbents

• Fédération SOLIHA (national): National federation that SOLIHA Ain belongs to, coordinating 140+ associations across France. Comparable as the umbrella parent and primary peer benchmark — sharing the SOLIHA brand, methodology, and accreditation framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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