the puzzle of students who can’t find a home

Finding accommodation for the start of the school year in September is the hassle of summer for students. In Caen (Calvados), the pressure is strong. Three quarters of housing requests come from students. For a Caen apartment available for only 24 hours, it’s already the fourth visit, Sunday August 7th. A growing demand for too few available homes.

“As of July 1, we still had 25 apartments available. To date, we have two left. We still have between ten and 20 candidate tenants per day“, explains Pascal Lottin, director of a real estate agency. In Paris, the tension is such that some students give up their education in the capital, for lack of accommodation. When some find a roof, they have to face another problem: the price of rents According to the latest survey by the Observatory of Student Life, housing remains the leading item of expenditure.