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In its dossier “An idea for France”, Monday, November 8, France 2 is interested in a rather special roommate. Reporting.
Regularly, France 2 talks to you about solutions and good initiatives from the French. Monday, November 8, zoom on a flat share like no other. “It brings together young workers and former homeless people under the same roof. It’s called Maison Lazare “, explains journalist Valérie Heurtel, which specifies that shared apartments like this one, “there are 10 in France, soon 11.”
“We think that to get up, people need a roof, but also human friendship”, explains Eleanor of Sentenac, communication manager of the association. In a former school in Nantes (Loire Atlantique), 49 people have thus bet on shared accommodation. In this roommate ‘, the rents are 300 euros per month for everyone, and everyone must still respect certain rules: no violence, no alcohol, no drugs, no dishwasher or television, in order to promote exchanges. People on the street are referred to the structure by associations, but sometimes it takes time to integrate the house. Some will only be passing through. Others see themselves growing old, ending their days alongside their dear roommates.