Fapil

What Fapil does

Fapil (Fédération des Associations et des Acteurs pour la Promotion et l'Insertion par le Logement) is a French non-profit federation founded in 1988 and headquartered in Paris (6 avenue Professeur André Lemierre, 20th arrondissement), with a regional office in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The federation coordinates a national network of 114+ member associations, social economy unions, and cooperative societies (SCICs) that work to provide access to and maintenance in housing for people in difficulty, aligned with the 'Logement d'Abord' (Housing First) policy framework. Its core operating system is the AIVS® (Agence Immobilière à Vocation Sociale) network — a registered trademark — through which member associations mobilize private property for social rental intermediation and adapted property management. Fapil also operates as a training organization for housing insertion professionals, publishes studies (including the annual Panorama MOI and the Guide du Propriétaire Solidaire), runs webinars, an online job board, and a bimonthly newsletter, and hosts annual Rencontres Nationales for the network.

The federation's business model is membership-based and grant-supported rather than transactional. Revenue is not disclosed, but inferred streams include member dues, training program fees, publication sales, and public project funding tied to France's Plan Logement d'Abord. Fapil convenes partnerships with state agencies (Dihal, ANAH, Action Logement, Caisse des Dépôts), peer federations (Fédération des acteurs de la solidarité, SOLIHA, Habitat et Humanisme, Fondation Abbé Pierre), and corporate partners (AG2R La Mondiale). Customer segments span two layers: end-beneficiaries (people in housing precarity, asylum seekers, refugees, women victims of violence, youth, seniors) and member organizations that deliver frontline services. The collective network manages on the order of 34,000 housing and accommodation places and supports roughly 50,000 households annually, though individual legal responsibility lies with each member rather than the federation itself.

Name

Fapil

Legal name

Fapil

Website

https://fapil.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fapil is a French non-profit federation (founded 1988) coordinating 114+ member associations to deliver housing insertion services, AIVS® rental intermediation, training, and advocacy for people in housing precarity across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fapil is a national federation that aggregates, supports, and represents associations, social economy unions, and cooperative societies working in favor of housing access and maintenance for people in difficulty. Its member organizations produce very social housing (PLAI), mobilize private rental stock through AIVS® agencies for social management, accompany households facing housing precarity, and defend housing rights. Fapil itself delivers professional training, publications (Panorama MOI, guides), annual national conferences, webinars, advocacy, and a member recruitment platform.

Product overview

La Fapil is a federation of associations, social economy unions, and cooperative societies working in favor of access to and maintenance of housing for people in difficulty. The organization offers a portfolio of interconnected services centered on its core mission of 'Logement d'Abord' (Housing First). Core offerings include AIVS® (Social Real Estate Agencies) for private housing mobilization, professional training programs for sector workers, publications including the annual Panorama MOI study and the Guide du Propriétaire Solidaire, and event services such as annual Rencontres Nationales conferences and webinars. Additional services include a job recruitment board for members, a bimonthly newsletter, and specialized publications addressing housing insertion topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AIVS® (Agences Immobilières à Vocation Sociale) Social Real Estate Agencies that mobilize private housing stock for social purposes, providing rental intermediation, adapted rental management, and social support services to vulnerable households.
• Formations (Training Programs)

Quantifiable outcome

• 34,000 housing and accommodation places managed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Collectif des Associations pour le Logement (CAL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFapil is a member of this collective which organizes press conferences and advocacy for housing rights, including the July 2025 conference on housing crisis with 350,000 homeless people
• Dihal (Délégation Interministerielle à l'Hébergement et au Logement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency for housing and accommodation; Fapil organizes regional days on rental intermediation on behalf of the State as part of Plan Logement d'Abord
• AG2R La MondialeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between Fapil Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and AG2R La Mondiale for household support measures for people over 50
• Fondation Abbé PierrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint advocacy for housing rights; co-signature of tribune in Le Monde for ambitious housing policy
• DIHAL (Direction Interministerielle à l'Hébergement et au Logement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical guide on rental intermediation co-financed with the State, with Fédération des acteurs de la solidarité, SOLIHA and Habitat et Humanisme
• Fédération des acteurs de la solidaritécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development of technical guide on rental intermediation
• SOLIHAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development of technical guide on rental intermediation
• Habitat et HumanismecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development of technical guide on rental intermediation
• Acteurs du Logement d'InsertioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollective network including Unafo and Soliha working on Plan Logement d'Abord deployment
• Action LogementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for housing access including Loc'Avantages and Visale Intermédiation locative protection
• ANAH (Agence Nationale de l'Habitat)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational housing agency supporting rehabilitation projects through conventions with works

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Unafo: Union of housing-insertion accommodation federations (résidences sociales, pensions de famille, foyers de jeunes travailleurs), explicitly grouped with Fapil within the 'Acteurs du Logement d'Insertion' collective working on the Plan Logement d'Abord deployment.
• Emmaüs France: National federation of Emmaüs associations addressing homelessness, precarious housing, and social exclusion through housing production and accompaniment—comparable federation model, same target population, and similar advocacy role on housing-rights issues in France.
• Fondation Abbé Pierre: Major French housing-rights foundation producing influential annual reports on the state of housing in France and co-signing advocacy with Fapil in outlets like Le Monde—comparable advocacy and thought-leadership role on housing precarity.
• Coallia: Non-profit social housing operator managing residences sociales, pensions de famille, and refugee accommodation programs across France—directly comparable service portfolio to Fapil's member associations serving vulnerable households.
• SOLIHA: Federation of 140+ associations operating across urban and rural France delivering adapted rental management, energy rehabilitation, and rental intermediation—the same core services that Fapil's AIVS® and member associations provide, often as a direct co-development partner on Fapil's rental-intermediation guides.
• Habitat et Humanisme: Non-profit federation producing and managing social housing for people in precarious situations, including pension de famille residences and accompanied-housing programs—directly comparable mission and tenant population to Fapil members, and listed as a co-development partner on Fapil's rental-intermediation guide.
• Fédération des acteurs de la solidarité: National federation of associations working in social solidarity, including housing insertion, emergency accommodation, and social accompaniment—a co-development partner with Fapil on technical guides and a peer federation operating in the same policy and funding ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Action Logement: Paritarian organization managing employer contributions (PEEC) to finance worker housing, including the Visale and Loc'Avantages programs that Fapil integrates into its AIVS® offering—a much larger incumbent in the social-housing finance and intermediation space.
• ADOMA: Largest French social-housing operator specializing in accommodation for vulnerable and migrant populations, part of the CDC Habitat group—operates at a much larger scale than Fapil members but addresses the same target populations and benefits from the same state policy framework.

Emerging players

• France Terre d'Asile: National association specializing in refugee and asylum-seeker housing and accompaniment—an adjacent peer serving a related vulnerable population through member-driven delivery, partially overlapping with Fapil members such as ACLEF and Freha that also work with refugees.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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