AIVS Rennes

What AIVS Rennes does

AIVS Rennes (Agence Immobilière à Vocation Sociale de Rennes Métropole) is a French social real estate intermediation agency founded in 1995 under the impetus of what is now Rennes Métropole. The organization operates a rental intermediation (intermédiation locative) model in which it acts as the tenant of record — leasing properties directly from private landlords and subletting them to households experiencing housing difficulty who are referred by the Commission Locale de l'Habitat de Rennes Métropole. Landlords receive guaranteed rent and charges (eliminating vacancy and non-payment risk), comprehensive property management, damage coverage at lease end, and access to the Loc'Avantages tax incentive managed in partnership with ANAH, which can deliver up to 65% income tax reduction on rental income. The agency charges a single all-inclusive management fee of 6% TTC on collected bare rental income, with no additional per-transaction charges.

The underlying platform combines social-work case management with technical property administration, fiscal advisory, and administrative support, delivered by a 5-person team across a single headquarters at 47 avenue des Pays-Bas in Rennes. As of the latest available data, AIVS manages 650+ housing units (studios to 5-room apartments and houses) spread across 32-43 communes of Rennes Métropole, has housed 5,300+ households since inception, and completes 300+ property condition reports annually. The organization holds a state agrément as an intermédiation locative operator, the FAPIL quality label, a prefectural Carte Professionnelle (CPI 3502 2018 000 029 730), and a registered AIVS® trademark. It is legally structured as a SARL UES cooperative with variable capital (€145,530 registered capital), managed by Jules Rault, with no venture or private equity backing.

AIVS's go-to-market is partner-driven and institutionally anchored rather than sales-led in the conventional sense. Landlords are acquired through referrals from social workers, associations, real estate professionals, and institutional partners (Rennes Métropole, CAF, CCAS, ADIL, ANAH), supplemented by its website and direct agency contact. Tenants are exclusively sourced through the Commission Locale de l'Habitat — there is no self-service tenant acquisition. Revenue is concentrated in the single 6% management fee stream plus subletting margin and public institutional grants supporting the social mission, with the entire operation confined to the Rennes Métropole region of Brittany, France.

Name

AIVS Rennes

Legal name

AIVS - SARL UES (Coopérative à capital variable)

Website

https://aivs-rennes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AIVS Rennes is a French social real estate intermediation agency, founded in 1995, that leases properties from private landlords and sublets them to households in housing difficulty referred by Rennes Métropole's housing commission, offering landlords guaranteed rent, full management, and up to 65% tax reduction via the Loc'Avantages scheme.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Real Estate Services

NAICS

Residential Property Managers (531311)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Rental Brokerage & Tenant Placement (BPAJAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Residential Maintenance & Turnover Services (Make-Ready, Inspections) (BPAJAFAM)

Keywords

• Social real estate agency
• Rental intermediation services
• Property management
• Solidarity rental
• Social housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Rennes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Property Management Fees: AIVS Rennes charges a single all-inclusive management fee of 6% TTC applied to the bare rental income collected (loyers nus encaissés). No additional charges for property visits, inspections, lease drafting, or rental risk insurance. Fees are deductible from annual rental income.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AIVS Rennes is a state-approved social real estate agency (Agence Immobilière à Vocation Sociale) that practices rental intermediation: it leases residential properties from private property owners and sublets them to households in housing difficulty referred by the Commission Locale de l'Habitat de Rennes Métropole. Property owners receive guaranteed rent, vacancy protection, property damage coverage, full management services at a 6% TTC flat fee, and access to the Loc'Avantages tax incentive (up to 65% income tax reduction) administered in partnership with ANAH. Tenants are matched from a public social housing referral system, and the agency handles all landlord-occupant relations, technical follow-up, and administrative tasks.

Product overview

AIVS Rennes operates as a unified platform offering social rental intermediation services, combining property management for owners with tenant support and professional advisory services. The core offering consists of Gestion locative (rental management) and Louez Solidaire (solidarity rental) programs, supplemented by Locataires services for tenants and Gestion locative Professionnels for real estate professionals. The system is built around intermédiation locative (rental intermediation) where AIVS becomes the primary tenant and sublets to households referred by the Commission Locale de l'Habitat, combined with the Loc'Avantages fiscal device for property owner benefits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 65% income tax reduction on rental income through the Loc'Avantages convention
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FAPIL (Fédération des Associations Pour l'Insertion par le Logement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFAPIL is the national federation of associations working for housing access and retention for people in difficulty. AIVS Rennes holds the FAPIL label (registered trademark), which guarantees the social and professional quality of its activity. The label requires compliance with an exhaustive quality specification and confirms AIVS as a recognized social real estate operator within the FAPIL network.
• Rennes MétropolecoreOthersRennes Métropole is the metropolitan authority that initiated the creation of AIVS Rennes in 1995. The organization works in partnership with the metropolis on social housing policy, with households being referred through the Commission Locale de l'Habitat. Rennes Métropole also provides institutional support and funding for the organization's social mission.
• ANAH (Agence Nationale de l'Habitat)coreOthersANAH is the French National Housing Agency. AIVS Rennes partners with ANAH to offer the Loc'Avantages scheme to property owners, enabling tax reductions of up to 65% on rental income. ANAH sets the rent ceilings and tenant income thresholds for conventioned properties.
• Caisses d'Allocations Familiales (CAF)minorOthersCAF (Family Allowance Fund) is a public institution that manages housing benefits (APL) for tenants. AIVS Rennes receives APL payments from CAF on behalf of the households it houses, as the tenant of record.
• CCAS Rennes (Centre Communal d'Action Sociale)minorOthersCCAS is the municipal social action center of Rennes. It works with AIVS Rennes to refer households in social difficulty who need transitional housing solutions.
• ADIL de l'Ille-et-VilaineminorOthersADIL (Agency for Housing Information and Advice) of Ille-et-Vilaine provides legal, fiscal, and technical housing information. AIVS Rennes collaborates with ADIL on events such as the DPE investment seminar to provide property owners with comprehensive renovation and financing guidance.
• Direction de l'Habitat SocialminorOthersThe Direction de l'Habitat Social handles HLM (social housing) requests in Rennes Métropole. AIVS Rennes tenants renew their HLM applications annually with this authority, as AIVS housing is a transitional solution pending permanent social housing attribution.
• GAN Assurances / Leprince AssurancesminorOthersGAN Assurances (via Leprince Assurances GAN, Rennes) provides professional liability insurance (RCP) for AIVS Rennes, as required for its real estate professional activity.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Espacil Habitat: Espacil Habitat is a Brittany-based HLM operator providing social and intermediate rental housing across the region including the Rennes metropolitan area. It is a regional incumbent competing for the same tenant pool.

Others

• FAPIL: FAPIL is the national federation that labels AIVS agencies. It is the enabling umbrella organization and quality-network backbone for social real estate agencies in France, including AIVS Rennes.
• ADIL 35 (Agence Départementale d'Information sur le Logement d'Ille-et-Vilaine): ADIL 35 provides free legal, fiscal, and technical housing advice in Ille-et-Vilaine and is an explicit advisory partner of AIVS Rennes (jointly hosting owner-investor seminars).

Broad incumbents

• Batigère: Batigère is a major national HLM operator (Entreprise Sociale pour l'Habitat) managing social and intermediate housing across multiple French regions. It is a broader incumbent in social rental.
• CDC Habitat: CDC Habitat is one of France's largest social housing operators, managing more than 500,000 homes. It is a broad incumbent in the social and intermediate rental market with scale AIVS cannot match but with a different operating model (ownership vs. intermediation).
• Foncia: Foncia is one of France's largest private residential property management groups. It competes with AIVS on landlord-side services (gestion locative) but lacks the social intermediation mandate and Loc'Avantages specialization.
• Action Logement: Action Logement is a national entity funded by employer contributions that finances and operates social and intermediate housing across France. It is a broader incumbent in the social housing space with which AIVS partnerships occasionally overlap.
• Emmaüs Habitat: Emmaüs Habitat is a national social housing operator under the Emmaüs movement, managing accommodation for people in social difficulty. It overlaps with AIVS on the social tenant mission but operates at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Habitat & Humanisme: Habitat & Humanisme is a national federation mobilizing private rental housing for people in precarious situations — a direct conceptual peer of AIVS's intermediated social rental model.
• Soliha: Soliha is the national federation of associations for housing improvement, social adaptation, and accompaniment. It is the closest national counterpart to the FAPIL/AIVS network and operates comparable social rental intermediation and habitat improvement programs across France.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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