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VIDEO. Mélina shows us around her shared accommodation
Mélina is in a shared accommodation in Grenoble. The principle is simple: in exchange for reduced rent, she must devote 2 hours of her free time per week to volunteer activities in the neighborhood. She shows us around her home. – (Raw.)
Mélina is in a shared accommodation in Grenoble. The principle is simple: in exchange for reduced rent, she must devote 2 hours of her free time per week to volunteer activities in the neighborhood. She shows us around her home.
“We’re going to go on a botanical outing. And so, we’re with local children, it’s what we call Kaps afternoons. Kaps means Kolocations for solidarity projects” explains Mélina. Like all shared accommodation tenants, Mélina devotes two hours per week to solidarity actions. Last year, she supported academically “a young person every Wednesday, because her goal was to pass her baccalaureate”. The activities are not imposed. Everyone can choose the one that “the most sense” for him.
“An economically advantageous place to live for precarious students”
In all, fifty people share this shared accommodation, divided into apartments of “4-5 people”. “Each little roommate is independent. But we have rules for living together, we have meetings every month where we try to talk about the events that have taken place in the neighborhood or which are going to take place, the dynamics. For example, if there is someone who wants to take action to do an activity, they will talk about it.” comments Mélina, who has lived here for 2 years. The advantage is also financial since the roommates pay rent of “around 300 euros” per month. “It is a place to live which can be economically advantageous, for example, for precarious students.” adds Mélina.