2. Home Improvement Grants in France

1. 2.1. Housing Improvement Agency
   2.2. Eligible Persons
   2.3. Eligible Properties
   2.4. Eligible Works
   2.5. Level of Grant
   2.6. Application Process

2.2. Who is Eligible for a French Home Improvement Grant?

Accordingly, second homes and seasonal lettings are not eligible for assistance.

In exceptional circumstances, tenants are also eligible if the grant is needed to bring the property to a minimum habitable standard.

Where circumstances change and the property ceases to be occupied as a principal home, or rented out, then some of the grant becomes repayable.

However, if there are strong professional, personal or medical reasons why it becomes necessary to relocate, then repayment of the grant can be waived.

Savings are not taken into account in the assessment of resources, but, as the grant will only fund a percentage of the works, you will need to find your own resources for the balance of the expenditure.

The basic annual income limits for owner-occupiers for 2011 are set out in the following tables. In some cases the grant levels are lower the nearer to the maximum threshold is your income.

The reference period used for determining your eligibility in 2011 is your income for 2009, although your income for 2010 can also be used if it is at least 10% lower than that for 2009.

The income figure used is that advised on your French income tax notice, your revenu fiscal de référence.

The revenu fiscal de référence is your net income as determined by the tax authority, after taking into consideration allowances and deductions.

If you have recently relocated and you are looking for grant assistance, you will need to produce the income tax return from your home country.