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No fewer than 250,000 student accommodations are missing in France. A situation that forces many young people to find emergency solutions. Some have decided to live in a tent at the campsite.
The Vic-la-Gardiole campsite (Hérault) is a dream place for a week’s vacation, but when Loïs Bruel, an aeronautics degree student at the IUT of Montpellier (Hérault), walks its paths, it is not not to enjoy the idyllic setting. She actually lives here in a tent for her studies. She explains that she will have to live there for a month and a half. “We make do with what we have, and we are desperately looking for a way to find good accommodation for the future.“, she explains.
250,000 student accommodations would be missing
According to a report submitted to the Senate in 2021, there is a shortage of 250,000 student accommodations to meet demand in France. Faced with shortages, we have to make do with the means at hand, and initiatives remain rare. In Bidart (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), a campsite becomes a student residence during the low season. 150 future engineers stay here in mobile homes from September to June, thanks to a partnership between their school and the campsite. They pay 450 euros per month. This shortage of student accommodation would concern all major metropolises. Over the past five years, the French university has welcomed at least 200,000 additional students.