VVLOVE
Every homeowner-led initiative in favor of well-located, high-quality housing is a key contribution
As the housing crisis deepens in France, Villes Vivantes took the step in December 2023 to create VVLOVE, its Social Impact Department. Under the leadership of Denis Caraire, this new division is dedicated to launching high-leverage initiatives aimed at improving housing conditions and supporting the accommodation of all individuals—wherever they need or wish to live.
"People who can’t find housing—where do they go? They don’t disappear. They’re pushed farther out, often much farther than where they would have liked or needed to settle. Their living conditions worsen, their commutes lengthen, and the environmental toll grows. But I also believe that the era of large-scale urban projects is behind us. We now need to invent something else—something that responds more directly to the real housing demand as expressed by the French: shouldn’t we be working to build more houses—more affordable, better located, and without further urban sprawl?" — Denis Caraire, Director of Social Impact, Villes Vivantes