Social · SNE · housing statistics portal. Active applications (all types). Series 2013–2025.
Social housing: 2.9 million active applications in 2025, +63% since 2013
The national stock of active social housing applications exceeds 2.9 million in 2025. A look at the 2013 → 2025 trend from the SNE register.
National trend 2013 → 2025
Active social housing applications (France)
Data details
Active applications 2025
2.89 M
National SNE stock · all application types
Change 2024 → 2025
+4.4 %
Latest available year
Rise 2013 → 2025
+63.3 %
From 1.77 to 2.89 million
Scope
Toutes demandes
Transfers + non-transfers · Whole of France
Key facts
- In 2025, the national stock of active applications reaches 2.89 million (SNE, all application types).
- From 2013 → 2025, the stock rises +63.3% (from 1.77 to 2.89 million).
- After a plateau near 2.16 million in 2019–2020, growth resumes: +33.8% since 2020.
- Source: annual Tab02-02_E exports from the SNE statistics portal (active applications, mutations + non-mutations).
Social housing demand: a rising active stock
France's National Registration System (SNE) tracks active social housing applications. The ministry's statistics portal publishes the annual trend in ongoing applications, including transfer (mutation) requests.
Stock · Active demand stock
Active applications
"2.9 million files in 2025"
An active application is a registered file maintained during the year: not the annual inflow of new requests, but the waiting stock.
The national stock rose from about 1.8 million in 2013 to 2.9 million in 2025, roughly +63% over the period.
Trend · Structural pressure
Structural pressure
"+34% between 2020 and 2025"
After a plateau near 2.16 million in 2019–2020, the stock resumed a clear upward path (+34% from 2020 to 2025).
This reflects a persistent gap between registered demand and lettings, against a backdrop of tight social housing supply.
Why multiple series?
Why is the stock rising? Easier online registration since 2015, ageing files, scarce supply in tight areas and slow turnover in the social stock all play a part. A higher stock alone does not mean service quality collapsed overnight.
Analogy: if social housing lettings are a tap, this chart shows the water level in the bath, not just the tap flow. As long as outflows (lettings) stay below inflows, the level rises.
What this is not
- This stock includes transfer (mutation) and new applications: both are aggregated here.
- Series come from the SNE statistics portal (Excel exports): there is no single national CSV on data.gouv.fr.
- The portal still uses the former regional breakdown; this insight version has no regional map.
Rise in active application stock since 2013 (%)
What these figures do not show
Active applications registered in the SNE (single national ID), including transfer requests. National series rebuilt for 2013–2025 from annual statistics portal exports. Does not measure waiting time or new applications inflow alone.
Sources
Demande de logement social · portail statistiques SNEMinistère de la Cohésion des territoires · 2026-05-29