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Public housing works in Lens
Public bodies signed €3.8M of housing works here in 2024, and €3.8M since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €3.8M
- Per resident, 2024
- €114
Public housing works signed in Lens
Contracts for residential construction declared in the DECP, by the year they were notified, before VAT. Complete years only; the data runs to October 21, 2026.
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| Year | Value signed |
|---|---|
| 2025 | €0 |
| 2024 | €3,754,388 |
Contracts are placed by the place of work they declare, mostly a postal code, split evenly between the communes it serves; one that names only a département counts there. A département also counts the contracts in its communes that have no page here. The series starts in 2024, the first year the declarations were complete. The value is the price at notification; a framework agreement's is its ceiling.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €139,500. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €543 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 35%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. 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
- €1,074
- Owning per month
- €558
Figures for Pas-de-Calais: Lens has no reliable figures of its own.
11.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 6,067
In 2022 the population grew by 223 while 423 homes were started: 0.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.5
- Population change, 2022
- +223
10.6% of the 17,874 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 10.6%
- Empty homes
- 1,895
In 2025, 16% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 16%