Social benefits

APLs upgraded on 1 October

Publié le 24 septembre 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Personalized housing assistance (APL) is upgraded every 1er October based on the evolution of the rent benchmark (IRL) of 2e quarter of the current year. For each beneficiary, the level of upgrading of the APL depends in particular on his city of residence, his family situation and his resources.

The APL is a social benefit paid by the Family Allowance Fund (Caf) to the most modest households. Like every year at 1er in october, it is upgraded on the basis of changes in the rent benchmark of the second quarter of the current year.

At 2e In the quarter of 2025, the IRL posted 1.04% (in mainland France, Corsica and the overseas regions and departments). The LPA is expected to increase by 1.04% to 1er October 2025, unless the government decides otherwise.

In October 2024, the LPA was 3.26% higher.

Each APL request is personalized. The amount of aid is calculated on the basis of housing expenditure parameters and resource parameters. In particular, the following elements shall be taken into account:

  • the amount of your rent;
  • the number of dependants usually living in your household;
  • the amount of your resources and, if applicable, the amount of the resources of the person with whom you are living as a couple and of the persons usually living in your household;
  • the value of your real estate and financial assets and, if applicable, the value of the assets of the person with whom you live as a couple and of the persons usually living in your household. This value is taken into account only if it is greater than €30,000.

The increase in the APL is applied automatically by the Family Allowance Fund (CAF) or the Mutualité sociale agricole (MSA). Verify on your online account that the revaluation has been taken into account and that the updated amount is paid. If you have a problem updating the amount, contact your Caf or MSA.

FYI  

The Caf takes into consideration the date on which the request for assistance was made and indemnifies its recipients at the beginning of the month following this request.

Please note

Some of the resource parameters are updated on 1er January of each year also on the basis of the IRL. This is the case, for example, of the resource floors of personal housing assistance paid to student recipients.

As a reminder, the IRL serves as a basis for reviewing the rent of an empty rented dwelling or furnished with a residential lease. Its annual evolution determines the maximum increase that a landlord can apply to the rent for the year.

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