The eligibility criteria for the main public aid for the energy renovation of housing will be tightened next year. “The device MaPrimeRénov’ is the subject of a refocusing on priority housing with regard to large-scale renovations, while the aid paid under renovations called by gesture will target decarbonization as a priority”indicates the finance bill (PLF) for 2026 presented to the Council of Ministers this Tuesday, October 14. Refocusing intended to “make it possible to renovate more housing more efficiently, in a logic of stabilization of resources of the National Housing Agency (Anah)responsible for distributing MaPrimeRénov’, explains the document.
The refocusing of MaPrimeRénov’ for large-scale renovations, which combine several work actions, has in fact been at work since September 30, 2025, the date of its reopening. This counter has been closed since June 23, due to an overflow of files and the increase in cases of fraud. By December 31, 2025, only 13,000 new files can be accepted71,828 major renovations having already been undertaken between January 1 and mid-September 2025, compared to 37,626 on the same date last year, an almost doubling.
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Large-scale renovations limited to thermal strainers
Furthermore, MaPrimeRénov’ large-scale renovation is no longer granted only to thermal strainers (E, F, G), while it also benefited properties classified D and C previously. This tightening de facto eliminates the so-called thermal sieve output bonus, which represented 10% of the cost of the work. The ceilings for work that can be subsidized by MaPrimeRénov’ large-scale renovation are also lowered, from a maximum of 70,000 euros before June 23 to 30,000 euros for work allowing you to gain two ranks on the DPE, and to 40,000 euros for a jump of three classes.
Finally, if MaPrimeRénov’ large-scale renovation has reopened until December 31, 2025 only for poorest householdsaccording to Anah criteria, households with middle and upper incomes will again be eligible from January 1, 2026.
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Wall insulation excluded from MaPrimeRénov’
From this same date, MaPrimeRénov’ renovation by gesture, intended to finance a single action of work, will also evolve. Wall insulation and installation of biomass boilers (wood or pellet) will no longer be eligible. On the grounds of controlling public spending. The PLF does not specify what budget will be allocated to MaPrimeRénov’ in 2026, after the 3.6 billion euros in 2025. A clue: the credits for the “urban planning, territories and housing improvement” program of the 2026 budget, on which this aid depends, amount to 1.9 billion euros. That is a drop of almost 750 million euros compared to 2025.
