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Paris housing projects advance with new urban renewal plans

Several districts in Paris are seeing major housing and infrastructure developments under current plans.

By The Daily Paris · Published 20 July 2026

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Paris housing projects advance with new urban renewal plans
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The Python-Duvernois social housing district in the 20th arrondissement is undergoing a €150 million urban renewal project expected to finish around 2032 according to reports indexed 52.

By 2032, the Seine-Arche and Les Groues areas near Paris La Défense will have more than 5,000 housing units built, including nearly 900 from five new agreements signed recently per item 52.

Clichy-Batignolles, a new eco-district in the 17th arrondissement, is a 54-hectare former railway site transforming into a car-free, green community with approximately 7,500 residents and 70% mixed-income social housing according to item 52.

Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire pledged to create 60,000 new social housing units, including 30,000 social and 30,000 affordable homes, to enable middle- and working-class residents to live in the city per item 63 and 65.

Sources: perplexity-sonar, perplexity-sonar, perplexity-sonar.

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