Overview

• Only dwellings rated E, F or G are eligible and the eligible works ceiling falls to €40,000, with the top grant for very modest households reduced to €32,000 from €63,000.
• Up to 13,000 new applications can be accepted by year‑end, to be processed and committed in the first quarter of 2026 subject to the finance law because the €3.6 billion 2025 budget is already absorbed.
• In the initial phase, only very modest‑income households can file, with modest‑income applicants potentially admitted later depending on the volume of requests.
• During the summer pause, authorities reviewed about 25,000 files, flagged roughly €36 million in suspected fraud and withdrew related company approvals.
• Industry groups and local officials warn of higher out‑of‑pocket costs and instability as the government also plans from 2026 to drop wall insulation and biomass boilers from single‑action aid, while a bill proposes piloting local management of the program.