Looking for a place to live ? Let us guide you !
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Paris is the largest city in France, ahead of Marseille and Lyon. More than 500,000 students follow their studies each year in the City of Light.
Looking for a place to live can be really hard, that's why we decided to make a guide just for you !
In this guide, we will take a look at all possibilities in order to allow you to get an overview and start your research as soon as possible ! Students in Parisian schools start searching for accommodation on average 9 months before beginning their studies, but no worries there is surely a place for you !
First question you may ask is where to look, there is so many websites and it can be overwhelming. So we gathered for you a list of places to look for an accommodation. It can be a website that gather residences or location.
Google Maps can be really useful when looking for accomodation, check the available residences, distance from the housing to school, transports, facilities arround the house,...
Here’s some good news! You may qualify for a rent subsidy. If you do, the CAF (France’s family assistance fund) will pay you a subsidy under one of two national programs (APL, Aide Personnalisée au Logement; or ALS, Allocation de Logement à caractère Social). Many international students already benefit from these programmes. If you came to France with a visa, you must hold the VLS-TS (long-stay visa and residency permit) in order to qualify for CAF assistance.
Everything can be done online. Don’t hesitate to do an online simulation to learn whether you’re eligible and find out how much assistance you might be able to receive each month.