The principal residences are becoming more comfortable with both the renovation of existing housing and
fleet renewal. Between 1978 and 1984, dates the last two surveys of homes, the park
primary residences continued to rejuvenate. Between these two dates, new construction is almost 1
500 000 houses and 600 apartments 000, equipped with "comfort" in their almost full. The
homes completed by 1 949, usually less comfortable, are now minority: 43.5% in the survey "
Accommodation "of 1984 against 51.3% in the previous (1978).
The comfort of existing homes is improving on various fronts: space and density of occupancy, equipment
Health and heat. It is mainly the construction of houses which is responsible for
increasing the space devoted to each dwelling. The central heating as individual progresses
group housing. Households still complain mainly of two types of pollution: noise and
defects. Setting new standards of acoustic insulation is difficult to achieve in the old park. As for
water infiltration (housing five), their elimination often requires, even when it is successful, a long
period.