The majority of this sum will be intended for the creation or rehabilitation of social housing, in particular to improve their energy performance.
The Banque des Territoires, a branch of the Caisse des Dépôts, plans an envelope of 90 billion euros by 2028 for “put ecology into action and promote territorial cohesion”, according to its new strategic plan, presented Wednesday November 8. The establishment, which provides loans and equity investments, notably highlights 16 measures “headlights” focused on the environment and social cohesion.
Most of the money will be allocated to housing: in addition to an envelope of 56.5 billion “to create social and affordable housing”, 16.8 billion will be devoted to accelerating rehabilitation “public housing stock”, specifies the press release.
Funds will also be allocated to support “territorial adaptation” to the effects of climate change, the preservation of “water resources”or the development of a “carbon-free mobility” and renewable energies.
More than 300,000 homes acquired or built in three years
Other measures, in the section “social cohesion” of the plan, aim to “accelerate the shift towards low-carbon mobility“, or even to “promote access to law and justice through digitalization.
“This plan gives us the means to quickly increase our impact tenfold to respond to the challenges of the territories,” rejoices Olivier Sichel, director of the Banque des Territories, in the institution’s press release.
Over the last three years, the Banque des Territoires, created in 2018 to support communities, has claimed more than 330,000 social housing units.acquired or constructed”more than 4.5 gigawatts of renewable energy installed, and 25 factories financed.