Genas · report
Renovation in Genas
In 2025, 1% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 1%
Homes authorised in Genas: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | 1 | 71 |
| 2024 | 83 | 3 | 86 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2 | 70 |
| 2022 | 316 | 13 | 329 |
| 2021 | 75 | 6 | 81 |
| 2020 | 32 | 99 | 131 |
| 2019 | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 2018 | 76 | 4 | 80 |
| 2017 | 101 | 22 | 123 |
| 2016 | 71 | 4 | 75 |
| 2015 | 59 | 6 | 65 |
| 2014 | 50 | 6 | 56 |
| 2013 | 95 | 2 | 97 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €384,480. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,496 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 51%
Owning and renting a 90 m² apartment cost about the same each month. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,405
- Owning per month
- €1,373
Figures for Rhône: Genas has no reliable figures of its own.
12.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 10,686
In 2022 the population fell by 25 while 64 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 64
- Population change, 2022
- −25
4.0% of the 5,759 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 4.0%
- Empty homes
- 228