VILOGIA cuts service charges for families with great financial difficulties

Vilogia has a great number of houses dedicated to families with social or family difficulties. The rents required in these homes are very low. Nevertheless, service charges account for some 15% of the families’ incomes. The company then implemented a housing renewal action plan on several years to curb considerably the lessees’ service charges. The works are notably about reinforcing isolation, replacing joinery and heating systems to make inhabitants enjoy the utmost comfort, including in winter months. This renovation, which goes beyond the law, involves a 40,000 euro investment per house. There is no increase in the rent.

The entirety of renovation costs will be funded by Vilogia. The company strives to raise awareness among its partners in the cities to show how important it is to have them fund renovation works to divide by three the energy costs modest families have to pay for.

All lessees will be made aware of the right way to use the new equipments so that they can better manage their service charges, whatever the house.

This tailor-made solution is made possible thanks to a highly specific management of the real estate and the development of service charges measuring tools. Since 2007, the company has developed a service charges watchdog that makes it possible to find out possible differences for each home in order to cut cost overrun.