{"id":64607,"date":"2023-10-19T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/publication\/transition-est-elle-accessible-a-tous-les-menages-climat\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T12:33:12","slug":"is-transition-accessible-households-climate","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/en\/publication\/is-transition-accessible-households-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the transition accessible to all French households?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><em>Report only available in French<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>An analysis of French state aid for investment in deep energy retrofits and electromobility<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The transition requires guaranteed access to low-carbon solutions for all households<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The issue of access to the transition for all households, in particular, for low- and middle-income households, has become central to the French public debate, as recently shown by the French President\u2019s speech on ecological planning, when he referred to \u201can ecology that is accessible and fair, that leaves no one without a solution\u201d. This growing awareness is particularly in response to the yellow vests protests: expecting households to take steps towards the transition if they have no access to solutions (electric cars, public transport, home insulation, heating upgrades) results in a rejection of transition policies and leads us collectively to a dead end.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What is the situation today? Is the transition accessible to all French households? This study does not attempt to give a comprehensive response to these questions. It focuses on the economic accessibility of solutions that require investments by households, in housing and mobility \u2013 specifically, deep energy retrofits and the acquisition of electric vehicles and charging points. A more in-depth approach to accessibility would imply also focusing on investments that are not made by households, such as in transport infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We analyse state aid to foster household investment in the transition, for deep energy retrofits and electromobility, bearing in mind that this aid and its scales are currently being revised, with the process to end in late 2023. We focus on two main questions:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"69\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">How has aid for retrofits and electromobility evolved since its implementation, in terms of amounts and targeting?\u00a0<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"69\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Is this aid enough to make low-carbon investments accessible to all French households?\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">More and more aid for investment is available to French households, in particular low-income and some middle-income households<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">Since 2005<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">,<\/span> French <\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">aid programmes to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">support<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\"> households in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">retrofitting<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">their homes<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\"> and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">buying<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\"> electric vehicles and charging points have <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW220110414 BCX8\">multiplied, and<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">are<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\"> increasingly indexed <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\"> household income<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\"> (Figure <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">A<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220110414 BCX8\">).<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW220110414 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-64623 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-a-Aid-for-energy-retrofits-and-electromobilty-and-its-indexation-to-income-V1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-a-Aid-for-energy-retrofits-and-electromobilty-and-its-indexation-to-income-V1.jpg 605w, https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-a-Aid-for-energy-retrofits-and-electromobilty-and-its-indexation-to-income-V1-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over this period individual aid amounts have increased considerably. For the retrofitting of an individual house and the purchase of a new electric car and charging point, the maximum amount of aid a household can obtain has increased by approximately 160% between 2008 and 2023, from around 20\u202f000 euros to 50\u202f000 euros. By way of comparison, inflation over the same period was 17%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The increase in aid has been more significant for low- and middle-income households than for high-income households. Thus, at present, for a given situation, in other words for the retrofitting of a specific house and the purchase of a particular car, aid is around twice as high for low-income households as for high-income households. Most of the threshold effects that vary the aid amounts by several thousand euros each are situated within the middle-income category (see Figure B). For the different configurations in our study, aid accounts for between 25% of the investment (for high-income households) and 60% (for low-income households). For middle-income households in particular, aid accounts for between 26% and 55% of the total investment, depending on income and the configuration in question.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64621 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-b-Aid-for-deep-energy-retrofits-and-the-purchase-of-a-new-electric-vehicle-according-to-income-V1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-b-Aid-for-deep-energy-retrofits-and-the-purchase-of-a-new-electric-vehicle-according-to-income-V1.jpg 605w, https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-b-Aid-for-deep-energy-retrofits-and-the-purchase-of-a-new-electric-vehicle-according-to-income-V1-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">At present, the economic conditions to enable all French households to invest are not met<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">Although aid for <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">energy<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">retrofits<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">and the purchase of electric vehicles has increased <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">considerably <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">in<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\"> recent years, this does not guarantee that low-carbon investment<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">s<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">are <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">economically accessible to French households. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">The notion of accessibility as we consider it here covers the necessary <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">\u2013<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\"> but not sufficient <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">\u2013<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\"> economic conditions to ensure households invest in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">deep<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">energy<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">retrofits<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\"> electric vehicles<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW33626513 BCX8\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW33626513 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Home deep energy retrofits<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">Despite the increase in aid <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">observed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\"> in recent years, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">out-of-pocket<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\"> cost<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">s of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">retrofits<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">for households, in other words the investment minus aid<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">, which households finance <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">using<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\"> personal <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">funds<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\"> or by taking out a loan, still stands at <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">tens of thousands of euros. This <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">represents<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\"> more than a year<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\"> income for middle-income households<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\"> and 10 years or more for the lowest-income households (see Figure <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">C<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW16012831 BCX8\">).<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW16012831 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-64619 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-c-Out-of-pocket-costs-for-energy-retrofits-compared-to-annual-household-income-in-6-types-of-homes-V1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-c-Out-of-pocket-costs-for-energy-retrofits-compared-to-annual-household-income-in-6-types-of-homes-V1.jpg 605w, https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-c-Out-of-pocket-costs-for-energy-retrofits-compared-to-annual-household-income-in-6-types-of-homes-V1-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Eco-PTZ (zero interest eco-loan), whose ceiling has been increased to 50\u202f000 euros for energy retrofits, is a financing solution to cover out-of-pocket costs. For households that succeed in obtaining this loan, the energy savings generated are sufficient in most cases (four of the six home types studied) to cover the monthly out-of-pocket repayments for all households.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, obtaining an Eco-PTZ is associated with numerous obstacles for households, including complex administrative procedures and the debt load for low- and middle-income households. This debt load can reach 70% for the lowest-income households, and for those in the middle-income category, it typically exceeds 5%, a value considered to be the limit given that this loan is often added to an outstanding mortgage. In order to keep the debt load below this threshold, aid would need to be increased by more than 20% for low-income households and the bottom half of the middle-income category. This increase could be financed, among others, by shifting some aid from the highest-income households, without compromising the economic accessibility of retrofits for them, while reinforcing the other policy levers \u2013 especially regulations \u2013 to ensure these investments are actually made.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">The forthcoming revision of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">MaPrimeR\u00e9nov<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">\u2019 for 2024 brings some positive developments: <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">the increase in aid for deep energy retrofits <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">reduce<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\"> the out-of-pocket costs for<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\"> all households and for all homes. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">However, although the increase in aid is more marked for low-income households, financing for out-of-pocket costs still faces the obstacle of their debt <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">capacity<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">, with debt loads that often remain excessive for this <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">income <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">category. For middle-income households, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">the debt load falls below 5%<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\"> \u2013 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">a positive step forward, which will need to be accompanied by efforts to remove the other obstacles to the deployment of the Eco-PTZ<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW142328973 BCX8\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW142328973 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Electromobility<\/h3>\n<p>Purchasing a new electric vehicle poses a cash-flow problem for low- and middle-income households. Depending on the model, the out-of-pocket cost of a new car and the installation of a charging point ranges from around 10\u202f000 to 40\u202f000 euros. For a standard small car, it ranges from 26\u202f000 to 28\u202f000 euros for middle-income households, which represents between 65% and 130% of their annual income (see Figure D).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Households, especially those in the low- and middle-income categories, mostly purchase used cars. The out-of-pocket cost is far lower for a used electric car (around 7\u202f000 euros for middle-income households), but the market is still underdeveloped in France. In early 2022, electric cars only made up 1% of the stock (around 400\u202f000 vehicles) (France Strat\u00e9gie, 2022).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once the investment has been made, switching to electric cars helps to reduce households\u2019 mobility budget, including fuel, insurance and vehicle maintenance costs. This reduction is more than 150 euros per month for a household that drives 13\u202f000 kilometres per year, at energy prices in effect in the first half of 2023, which is a reduction of more than 50%. Because of the savings made on fuel costs, the purchase of an electric vehicle becomes cost-effective after just a few years for middle-income households.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-64617  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-d-Investment-out-of-pocket-cost-and-additional-purchase-cost-for-different-vehicles-V1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-d-Investment-out-of-pocket-cost-and-additional-purchase-cost-for-different-vehicles-V1.jpg 555w, https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Figure-d-Investment-out-of-pocket-cost-and-additional-purchase-cost-for-different-vehicles-V1-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Solutions for financing the out-of-pocket costs exist, including loans or leasing schemes, but they represent a considerable financial burden for households. For the standard small car studied, the energy savings made do not cover the leasing cost. With the energy prices in effect in the first half of 2023 and for a standard small car, aid would need to be increased by between 10 and 50% for low-income households and the lowest middle-income households to ensure energy savings cover the leasing cost, when the initial investment corresponds to the aid the household can receive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The aid scales for the acquisition of new or used electric vehicles are currently being revised for 2024, but they are not expected to make a significant difference. One of the options considered is increasing the bonus by 1\u202f000 euros for the bottom half of the low-income category. Despite this increase, the out-of-pocket costs for the purchase of a new standard small electric car would still correspond to more than a year\u2019s income for the households concerned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The social leasing proposal could be an interesting solution for low- and middle-income households, depending on the effective conditions for its implementation, which are still unknown at the time of writing this study. The reduction in electric vehicle prices expected for 2024, the increase in the ecological penalty set out in the budget proposal for 2024, and rising fuel prices should all contribute to making electric vehicles more and more attractive to high-income households.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Conclusion: beyond aid for investment, other obstacles will need to be removed to make the transition accessible to all French households<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For deep energy retrofits and electromobility, in France the challenge for low- and middle-income households is to succeed in financing the out-of-pocket costs of investments, which are counted in years of income. The financing solutions that are currently on the table are not sufficient to make these investments accessible to low- and middle-income households, in particular because loans \u2013 even subsidised loans \u2013 face the obstacle of household debt capacity. <\/span>An increase in state aid for low- and middle-income households therefore seems necessary to make the transition accessible, along with improvements to other financing solutions, such as zero-interest subsidised loans or the social leasing proposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is also important to bear in mind that access to solutions for French households is a broader issue than their economic capacity to make investments. Other obstacles will need to be removed: where deep energy retrofits are concerned, training for artisans will need to be developed, along with the support available to households, access to rehousing solutions during retrofitting, and simplified administrative procedures; and where mobility is concerned, the network of charging points will need to be improved and households\u2019 access to public transport networks and cycling infrastructure will need to be facilitated.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The issue of access to the transition for all households, in particular, for low- and middle-income households, has become central to the French public debate, as recently shown by the French President\u2019s speech on ecological planning, when he referred to \u201can ecology that is accessible and fair, that leaves no one without a solution\u201d. 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