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Student accommodation: a race against time
The housing crisis in Paris continues with many students at risk of finding themselves on the streets at the start of the 2024 school year.
(France 2)
The housing crisis in Paris continues with many students at risk of finding themselves on the streets at the start of the 2024 school year.
It’s a race against time. A student from Bayonne has arrived in Paris and must find accommodation for the start of the school year in September. His first attempt at a 20 m² apartment at 817 euros per month was in vain. Some students prefer to laugh about it and post tour videos on social networks where they queue up to visit apartments. In the Latin Quarter, the student district par excellence, studio offers are rare. “Usually, I average 12 to 13 ads for the month of June,” explains a real estate agent. For three small apartments, the battle promises to be tough between the contenders. Almost all are students. “I received 56 emails, here are all the files with all the requests”, she says.
Paris is not the only city affected by this shortage of student accommodation. Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), Lyon (Rhône), La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) face a demand which far exceeds the studio supply. In Rennes, a student does not yet know if he will be taken to business school, but he is already looking for the start of the school year. Even if it means paying three months’ rent for nothing.
Several studies published by various players in the housing supply: ImmoJeune, LocService and the student residence manager Les Belles Années.
We also contacted numerous real estate agencies to corroborate these figures.
Non-exhaustive list.
