The possible disappearance of MaPrimeRénov’ aid dedicated to isolated work is causing concern among building craftsmen. CAPEB fears a halt to energy renovation.
While several signals suggest a refocusing of the MaPrimeRénov’ system on overall renovationsthere CAPEB warns of reform which would, according to her, risk distancing some households from energy renovation and further weakening a market already losing momentum. The professional organization sounds the alarm, denouncing the possible disappearance of aid granted to “monogestes”that is to say operations carried out independently of each other, such as the insulation of a roof, the replacement of a heating system or the installation of more efficient joinery.
“The total cessation of monogestures, planned for next September, would mark an unacceptable blow“, affirms CAPEB in a press release. For the organization, this work often constitutes the first step for individuals in a more ambitious energy renovation journey. They also represent an important part of the activity of craft companies present throughout the territory.
Craftsmen defend renovation in stages
For Jean-Christophe Repon, president of CAPEBmaintaining aid for isolated works is essential if the public authorities wish to continue to scale up the renovation of the residential stock. “If tomorrow, MaPrimeRénov’ evolves only towards large-scale renovation, without monogest like insulation, we might as well remove the system“, he believes.
The manager recalls that the confederation had supported the various developments of the system in recent years to the extent that they made it possible to include households in a progressive renovation process. “We were committed to supporting MaPrimeRénov’ if it was reformed as part of a renovation process, the goal being to have as many individuals as possible take part in this virtuous approach to renovating, and to renovate step by step, the monogest must be there“, he continues.
For the craftsmen, energy renovation cannot in fact be reduced to heavy operations mobilizing several tens of thousands of euros of investment. In many cases, owners move forward gradually, depending on their financial capabilities, by realizing successively different energy improvement works. This logic of path, widely put forward in recent years by players in the sector, could be called into question if public aid were to focus exclusively on large-scale renovations.
CAPEB is also concerned about reports of a freezing of 300 million euros on the credits allocated to MaPrimeRénov’ as part of the 2026 budget. A concern important enough for the representatives of the organization to be received in the afternoon by the Minister responsible for Cities and Housing, Vincent Jeanbrun.
An energy renovation market already under pressure
This concern comes in a particularly delicate economic context for construction companies. According to Jean-Christophe Repon, the energy renovation market is already showing signs of weakness, the latter being in “clear recession in the first quarter of 2026 because its design does not benefit craftsmen when it should be a locomotive“. The issue goes far beyond the simple question of the volume of work because for craft businessesthe evolution of public systems directly conditions the activity of thousands of local structures.
Faced with these concerns, the government nevertheless denies any plans for budget reductions. Questioned about this hypothesis, the office of the Minister of Housing “formally“disputed the existence of a drop in funds allocated to MaPrimeRénov’the main public tool to support the energy renovation of housing.
THE amounts devoted to work per gesture indeed remain significant. In 2025, the National Housing Agency (Anah) had dedicated €600 million to renovations through gestures out of a total of €3.8 billion in aid distributed as part of MaPrimeRénov’.
The debate could nevertheless revive at the start of the school year. During a hearing organized in the Senate, the Minister of Territorial Planning and Decentralization, Françoise Gatel, confirmed the upcoming presentation of a bill devoted to the decentralization of renovation aid. The text notably plans to recognize intercommunalities as housing organizing authorities, a development which could profoundly modify the governance of the system.
