Housing Guide
2017-2018 Housing guide
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www.uvsq.fr the different types of housing Contents
the different types of housing CROUS university accommodation // p.9 Contracted student residence halls // p.18 Homestay and rental // p.30 Student hostels // p.32 Young workers’ hostels // p.33 Temporary or emergency accommodation // p.36 Adapted and accessible housing // p.37
students arriving in France Handy tips // p.40 Useful information // p.41 Required documents // p.43 To do before your arrival // p.44 Student welcome kit // p.45
practical information The future tenant’s key documents // p.49 Housing budget // p.52 Transports // p.57 Where to find help // p.58
Written and created by the Student Life accommodation department of Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
With the generous participation of ADIL, CLLAJ, YIJ service and all our partners.
November 2017
Photo credit: Alexis Chézière©, Crous©, DirCom,© Vie étudiante©, iStockphoto©, Jan Hodac©, Thinkstock©
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Housing at UVSQ The university’s housing platform
UVSQ University has created this guide to help you in your housing search process. In addition, we have developed a unique platform to make your accommodation search easier: housing. As a future student at UVSQ, you can use the university’s uvsq.fr/en/. Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines area provides a similar housing website to help you in the following situations: platform for its territory: sqy.lokaviz.fr. > Find a place to rent or share in France and abroad Since September 2017, a CROUS office (regional student > Find a place to sublet in France and abroad assistance office) has opened at Marta Pan Student Centre to > Find a temporary room in France and abroad answer all your questions about university accommodation and Thousands of housing opportunities from private owners, scholarships based on social criteria. residence halls or estate agents are available in the university’s various locations. As the student housing stock is limited in Paris area, you will increase your chances to find housing by starting your searches as early as May / June before the start of the academic year and Already a student? making several applications for accommodation! Login to the platform clicking on the “Student login”, then “Log If you wish to make suggestions to improve this guide or signal potential erroneous in with Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines” information, please contact us at: [email protected]. Please note that rent prices and commute time are given on an indicative basis. Non-contractual photographs. You have applied to UVSQ but are still undecided? Register using the registration key provided by the university Pascal Manegli Head of the housing department Are you a landlord? You can place an ad directly on the platform in the landlord section.
A multilingual support service is available 6/7 days to guide you through your housing search. +33 (0)1 80 92 64 01 – [email protected]
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines’s platform – sqy.lokaviz
www.sqy.lokaviz.fr Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines now has a new housing platform. In partnership with Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines conurbation, the Student Life department offers to connect, via this database, students or interns with potential landlords to help them find furnished or unfurnished accommodation.
4 5 The different types of housing housing guide the different types of housing Crous university Location accommodation The CROUS, the regional student of the halls assistance office, manages the public student accommodation stock. To apply for accommodation, (future) students of residence need to fill in a student social file before their final exam results or before making their final choice of curriculum. Applications must be completed between January and April on the CROUS’s website. The Student Social File (DSE) allows you to apply simultaneously for accommodation and scholarships. Students are advised of the conditional decisions at the end of June. They need to check their file and send required documents by email within 8 days. Accommodations are available all year round at the Versailles CROUS.
As part of its the department. (See social mission, the CROUS’s website) CROUS attributes accommodations in Most studios are furnished. priority to students with Several services may be scholarships based on available to students in social criteria. the residences.
The Crous has created Housing opportunities Visale (guarantee / may be available for student rental deposit) to shorter stays (during an make it easier for students internship); check the without a personal CROUS’s website to apply guarantor to find housing (p49).
Applications for university 145 bis boulevard de la Reine accommodation must BP 563 be renewed every year. 78005 VERSAILLES Cedex +33 (0)1 40 61 62 00 Building manager, Residence halls in the [email protected] furnished paid parking reception Yvelines department are www.etudiant.gouv.fr listed below. You can also Internet access door code launderette in common rooms apply for housing outside
bike storage NEW adapted housing lift room CROUS office at the Student Centre
lounge security Open Monday to Thursday 9 am to 5 pm (closed at lunch time) Friday 9 am to 12 am cafeteria social space cameras A CROUS agent is here to answer all your questions about CROUS scholarships and housing. 8 9 housing guide the different types of housing
Vauban residence Jean-Baptiste Adrienne Bolland Pozzo di Borgo hall Lamarck residence hall residence hall 1 boulevard d’Alembert residence hall 78280 GUYANCOURT ZAC du Cerf volant 2 avenue Pozzo di Borgo 3 rue du Théâtre 1526 rue Louis Blériot 92210 SAINT-CLOUD +33 (0)1 80 73 04 00 78990 ÉLANCOURT 78530 BUC [email protected] +33 (0)1 80 73 04 00 +33 (0)1 80 73 04 00 +33 (0)1 80 73 04 00 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Directions Sqybus 401, 410, 411, 412, 417 routes stop on Franche- Comté Bourgogne Transilien L line: la Verrière station (via bus or 15 min walk)
To university Versailles campus Distance: approx. 50 min by bus and train Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines campus Distance: approx. 32 min by bus and train Directions Sqybus 465, 467 and BusM 307 routes stop on Étienne Directions Marcel Transilien L & U lines: Directions RER C / Transilien N and Saint-Cloud station Savac 262 B, 307 bus routes U lines: Saint-Quentin-en- stop on Cerf-volant Yvelines / Montigny-le- To university Versailles campus Bretonneux stations To university (via bus or 10 min walk) Distance: approx. 35 min Versailles campus by train and bus Distance: approx. 35 min To university by bus Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Versailles campus campus Distance: approx. 46 min Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Distance: approx. 40 min campus by bus and train by train Distance: approx. 24 min Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines by bus campus The hall is on campus.
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La Fresque Jacqueline de René Cassin Jacqueline Auriol residence hall Romilly residence hall residence hall 10 rue Edmé Bouchardon residence hall 78000 VERSAILLES 4 place Mendès France 64 avenue Gaston Boissier 52 bis avenue Villeneuve l’Etang 78990 ELANCOURT 78220 VIROFLAY +33 (0)1 80 73 04 00 78000 VERSAILLES +33 (0)1 80 73 04 00 +33 (0)1 80 73 04 00 [email protected] +33 (0)1 80 73 04 00 residence.rene-cassin@crous- residence.jacqueline-auriol@crous- residence.jacqueline-de-romilly@ versailles.fr versailles.fr crous-versailles.fr
Directions Directions Near Chaville Vélizy RER C Phébus to Versailles’s train station stations
To university To university Versailles campus Versailles campus Distance: approx. 16 min walk Distance: approx. 30 min by bus Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines campus Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Distance: approx. 40 min campus by train and bus Distance: approx. 35 min by train
Directions
Phébus to Versailles train Directions stations Sqybus 401, 410, 411, 412, 417 stop on Franche-Comté To university Bourgogne Versailles campus Distance: approx. 5 min walk Transilien L line: La Verrière Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines station campus (by bus or 15 min walk) Distance: approx. 55 min by train and bus To university Versailles campus Distance: approx. 55 min by bus and train Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines campus Distance: approx. 25 min by bus and train
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Jean Zay Vincent Fayo Simone Weil The university residence hall residence hall residence hall residence hall is located near the parc de Sceaux and shops ; it is 10 55 avenue du Général de Gaulle 75 rue Vincent Fayo 5 place Joseph Frantz min away from Paris by public 92763 ANTONY CEDEX 92290 CHÂTENAY-MALABRY transport. 92100 BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT +33 (0)1 41 13 09 58 +33 (0)1 46 60 88 10 [email protected] +33 (0)1 80 73 04 00 Directions [email protected] RATP station: Pont de Sèvres (metro line 9) Tramway: Musée de Sèvres station (line T2) The hall includes 604 individual bedrooms for 154,20 € To university This university residence The hall includes: Versailles campus hall is located near shops, Distance: approx. 45 min - 155 studios, 11 of which are restaurants, the metro and by bus and train accessible for people with the Seine quays, along the reduced mobility Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Billancourt and Glacières campus Parks. - from 359 € to 478 € Distance: approx. 1h20 by bus and train Directions RER Station: La Croix de Berny Bus: route 379 to Vélizy 2 stops at Carrefour du 19 mars 1962 (Châtenay-Malabry) The hall includes 317 T1 studios To university (with separate kitchen) from Versailles campus 314 € to 537 € Distance: approx. 1h15 by bus and train Directions RER B, RER C, bus 91-06 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines campus Tramway 6, Transilien L lines Distance: approx. 1h20 by bus and train To university Versailles campus Distance: approx. 1h20 min by bus and train Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines campus Distance: approx. 1h by bus and train
These three halls are ideally located for students attending classes at the Plateau de Saclay and in Versailles.
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Crous accommodation > rates may be revised every July (2017 rates) Rates depend on the student’s status – scholarship holder or not – and the accommodation’s surface (in cm²) - Booking fee: 250 €
Monthly rent** Compatible Residence hall Nb of acc. Type Who can apply ** all utilities included except at Vauban Deposit with housing (electricity charged 10€/ month/student in duplex flats; studios: individual EDF contract). allowances small studios 55 11,5 m² > 13 m² students J.-Baptiste small studios singles 37 326 € > 537 € 300 € yes Lamarck 13,5 m² > 16,5 m² 18-26 year olds studios 16 18 m² > 21,5 m²
110 18 m² > 22 m² students Adrienne yes 4 25 m² > 30 m² singles Bolland 380 € > 527 €* 300 € 4 parking spaces: 25 € 18-26 year 6 T1 30 m² olds yes
students Pozzo 153 studios 18,9 m² singles 300 € yes di Borgo 375 € > 418 €* 18-26 yo
students La Fresque 55 studios 20 m² singles 479 € > 537 €* 300 € yes 18-26 yo
T1 (separate students J. de Romilly 49 kitchen) singles 415€ > 487 €* 300 € yes 18 m² > 27m² 18-26 yo
151 studios 19 m² students Jacqueline singles 376 € > 537 € 300 € yes Auriol * 15 T1 bis 28m² 18-26 yo
students studios René Cassin 161 singles 300 € yes 17 m² > 20 m² 369 € > 423 €* 18-26 yo
T1 (studio students Jean Zay 317 with separate singles 314 € > 537€ 300 € yes kitchen) 18-26 yo
students Individual Vincent Fayo 604 singles 300 € yes bedrooms 154 € 18-26 yo
T1 (studio students Simone Weil 155 with separate 359 €> 478 € 300 € yes kitchen singles
* Including Internet access – 15% majoration on utilities for stays of 6 months or shorter 16 17 guide du logement les différents types de logement Contracted student residence halls Henri Langlois > 133 flats from 19 to 36 m² in residence hall part for students Contracted residence halls provide students with 13 rue Jacques Tati > 133 flats from 19 to 22 m² in accommodation, whose rents cannot exceed a certain limit. 78390 BOIS D’ARCY part for young workers Students must pay the “Taxe d’habitation“ (French tax on +33 (0)1 30 23 96 02 housing). Directions ARPEJ UNIVERCITY Sqybus 461 stops on Robert Surcouf These halls offer individual studios (18m2 in average) or bedrooms in shared living spaces (kitchenette and / or RER C / Transilien N and U bathroom). One-bedroom flats are also availabale for couples. lines; Saint-Quentin-en- Finally, some studios are specially equipped to be accessible Yvelines / Montigny-le- to disabled people. Most studios are furnished. Bretonneux stations (via bus) Several services may be offered to students on site Directions (launderette, TV room, etc.). Please check in advance that you To university are eligible for the APL (Personal Housing Allowance). Sqybus 415 stops on Fritz Versailles campus Lang / Arletty Distance: approx. 55 min RER C / Transilien N and U by bus and train ARPEJ residence halls, contracted lines: Saint-Quentin-en- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Yvelines / Montigny-le- campus Bretonneux stations Distance: approx. 20 min Three products are available: by bus For students > Arpej Univercity To university For young workers > Arpej Prolog Versailles campus For researchers > Arpej Axi’home Distance: approx. 50 min by bus and train Campuséo www.arpej.fr ARPEJ UNIVERCITY Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines +33 (0)820 098 095 campus PROLOG CAMPUSÉO Applications must be made online 12 rue des Frères Caudron Distance: approx. 20 min 78140 VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY by bus +33 (0)1 30 70 62 10
Directions La Cybèle Optile CZI, VZI, 39-307 residence hall bus routes stop on Paul The Direction de l’Habitat de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ARPEJ UNIVERCITY Dautier / Caudron
(St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Housing department) saves some ARPEJ PROLOG accommodation. You can make a second application to this near Vélizy IUT building authority: 26 rue Surcouf and ISTY (preparatory cycle also... 78960 VOISINS-LE-BRETONNEUX nd and IT curriculum) A +33 (0)1 61 38 10 65 Towns in the neighbouring To university deparments also offer Versailles campus accommodation that are Distance: 50 min by bus accessible by public transports: Châtillon, Chaville, Courbevoie, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Issy-les-Moulineaux, Malakoff, campus Massy, Nanterre, Rueil- Distance: approx. 1h by bus Malmaison, Sèvres, Vanves, etc.
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Victor Guerreau Berthelot Adèle et André ARPEJ UNIVERCITY residence hall Lambert 5 rue Paul Dautier ARPEJ AXI’HOME residence hall 78140 VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY 30 avenue Marcelin Berthelot ARPEJ UNIVERCITY +33 (0)1 39 46 15 54 92190 MEUDON 4 rue Nelson Mandela 78130 MAUREPAS The hall is reserved in priority +33 (0)1 30 23 96 02 for CNRS, Observatoire de Meudon, and Collège de France researchers. Some accommodation may however be made available to PhD Directions students, young workers, 200 m from the station couples and flat-sharers. Applications are only reviewed J and N lines on site. To university Directions Campus de Mantes RER C station: Distance: approx. 30 min Meudon-Val-Fleury by bus (15 min walk) Directions La Verrière station New Directions To university André Dunoyer De Optile CZI, VZI, 39-307 Versailles campus To university Segonzac Distance: approx. 50 min bus routes stop on Paul Versailles campus residence hall Dautier / Caudron by train and bus Distance: approx. 50 min ARPEJ UNIVERCITY near Vélizy IUT building Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines by bus and train campus 7 ter boulevard d’Alembert and ISTY (preparatory cycle Distance: approx. 50 min Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 78280 Guyancourt and IT curriculum) campus by bus [email protected] Distance: approx. 20 min To university by bus and train Directions Versailles campus Sqybus 465, 467 and BusM Distance: approx. 50 min 307 routes stop on Étienne by bus Jazz Marcel Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines residence hall campus RER C / Transilien N and U ARPEJ UNIVERCITY Distance: approx. 50 min lines: Saint-Quentin-en- by bus 1 rue Edith Piaf Yvelines / Montigny-le- 78711 MANTES LA VILLE Bretonneux stations IUT de Vélizy +33 (0) 820 098 095 (by bus or 10 min walk from Distance: 5 min walk station)
To university Versailles campus Distance: approx. 46 min Campus de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelinesby bus and train
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ARPEJ residence halls, contracted > rates may be revised every January 1st
Compatible Entrance Residence hall Nb of acc. Type of housing Who can apply Monthly rent* Deposit with housing fee allowances
André Dunoyer studios yes 147 students From 395 € 150 € undiscl. De Segonzac 18m² > 21m²
133 19m² > 36m² students 150 € 374€ > 460€ yes La Cybèle 382 € > 415€
133 19m² > 36m² young - 531 € workers
studios 116 432 € > 497 € 150 € 192 € > 272 € 18 m² > 21 m² Henri Langlois students yes T1 bis 15 Undisclosed 150 € undiscl. 24 m² > 25 m²
studios 151 From 419 € 150 € 186 € 18,55 m² Victor Guerreau students yes T1 bis 9 470 € 150 € 242 € 25,20 m²
Jazz 52 19 m² > 50 m² students 336 € - 221 € yes
Jazz 93 19 m² > 50 m² young From 414 € - 374,14 € yes Young workers workers studios 79 150 € 20 m² > 24 m² Campuséo students 506€ > 642€ undiscl. yes 3 T1 38 m² s 150 €
102 20 m² > 24 m² From 537 € - 367,38 € Campuséo young yes Prolog workers * all utilities included 2 38 m² 584 € - 545 €
Adèle et André 490€ > 654 € Lambert 160 19 m² students 150 € 290 € yes
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Other contracted student residence halls Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Geneviève Garreau campus All departments: approx. AGEFO Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines urban area saves some 15/20 min walk 191, avenue du Général Leclerc accommodation in this hall. 78220 VIROFLAY +33 (0)1 39 66 92 41 [email protected] René Cassin
Blaise Pascal Victoire Daubié Logement francilien 94 furnished studios from Studefi Studefi 3-5 rue Jacques Duclos 425 € / month TTC. Mixed 3-7 place Wicklow 1 rue de Panicale 78280 GUYANCOURT residence hall for students and 78180 MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX 78320 La Verrière +33 (0)1 30 64 12 82 young workers. +33 (0)1 30 43 30 25 Social housing shared 180 19 m² flats from 315 € between several contractors, Directions including the university (see Viroflay rive gauche / rive droite SNCF station Directions Student Life department for 10 mn walk next to La Verrière station more information) and little (U line) rotation. Availabilities for Bus stop (RATP and Phébus) students are quite limited. 300 m from the hall To university Versailles campus Distance: approx. 15 min La Pérouse by train and bus AGEFO Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines campus 7 rue Richaud All departments: approx. 78000 VERSAILLES 40 min by train [email protected] +33 (0)1 39 66 92 41 Application (caution: in
this hall, contracts are one- 82 furnished studios (437 €, year contracts that cannot electricity in addition). be terminated without Le Galibier Students, interns, apprentices, justification) : Studefi professional training contract... www.studefi.fr Directions Zac du Vélodrome RER C / Transilien N and U Directions Directions 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux lines station. Versailles Rive Droite station RER C / Transilien N and U 2 mn walk lines: Saint-Quentin-en- 300 flats from 359 € To university Yvelines / Montigny-le- Versailles campus Town centre Bretonneux stations Directions Distance: approx. 45 min 12 min walk from St Quentin- To university en Yvelines SNCF station (N, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Versailles campus U and RER C lines) campus Distance: approx. 45 min Law department : approx 5 To university by train and bus min walk Versailles campus Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Distance: approx. 40 min Other departments: approx campus 15 min walk Distance: approx. 15 min walk
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Les Aviateurs Directions Gestionnaire AGEFO 10 mn from station To university 14 rue Paul Dautier 78140 VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY Versailles campus Apply to: www.adele.org Distance: approx. 1 h by train/ Vélizy cityhall (reserved bus accommodation) Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines campus Résidence des Chercheurs Studios with separate kitchen, Distance: approx. 50 min by 250 € including utilities (no train from 410 € to 836 € application fee) for students Daniel Morelon hall No agency fee, no application (and interns) Researchers fee ESPACIL Pierre Raynaud The hall is prioritarily for Directions 14 rue Antoinette Vernes 7 rue des Louvières researchers and PhD students. Optile CZI, VZI, 39-307 78120 RAMBOUILLET 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux Possible availabilities for routes stop on Paul Apply to : SEMIR Master students Dautier / Caudron +33 (0)1 34 57 21 30 Studios and one-bedroom Apply to: www.espacil.com Near Vélizy IUT building and Studios from 18 m² to 27 m², ISTY from 340,73 € to 499,34 € Parking 25,25 € To university Private halls in Yvelines area
Versailles campus Near Rambouillet IUT Distance: approx. 40 min These privately-owned halls are not under contract. They offer furnished studios that are more expensive than in contracted Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines campus halls (from 600€ with additional application fee and Taxe Distance: approx. 50 min L’Orangerie Gestionnaire IRP d’Habitation due)
7, rue de l’indépendance américaine Stud’city 78000 VERSAILLES +33 (0)1 46 30 22 05 Le jardin des DG Campus - 10 rue Paul Dautier Apply to : www.adele.org sciences L’Aéronat 78140 VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY [email protected] 77 student apartments from 31 boulevard Vauban 17 rue de l’aérostation maritime 78280 GUYANCOURT 78210 SAINT-CYR-L’ÉCOLE +33 (0)9 69 39 22 00 450€ www.studcity.fr/aref/ www.location-etudiante.fr From 391 € to 579 € Directions Near castle and RER Les Estudines 10 mn walk 121 studios from 18 to 29 m², from 450€ to 650€ Rue Patenôtre 1 rue des Tritons To university 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux +33 (0)9 69 39 22 00 42 rue Patenôtre Versailles campus 78120 RAMBOUILLET Distance: approx. 25 min by Les académies T1 from 18 to 25 m², from 610 € 01 34 57 21 30 bus d’Élancourt to 885 € Candidature : SEMIR Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines campus 1 rue de Bruxelles +33 (0)1 34 57 21 36 Distance: approx. 30 min by 78990 ÉLANCOURT +33 (0)1 30 62 60 00 bus 90 flats, 20 m² and above, 150 studios from 19 to 30 m² Les portes du canal from 377 € including utilities - from 500 to 600€ 1 rue Jacques Tati Parking 30 € ZA Croix Bonnet 78390 BOIS D’ARCY 26 27 housing guide the different types of housing
Other contracted residence halls > rates my be revised every year
Compatible Entrance Residence Hall Nb of acc. Type of housing Who can apply Monthly rent* Deposit with housing fee allowances
studios students Victoire Daubié 180 315 € - - - 19 m² young workers apprentices
studios students 1 month Rue patenôtre 90 377 € no yes 20 m² young workers rent apprentices
T1 383 € > 559 € 16 m² > 20 m² Utilities not incl.
T1bis students 641 € > 729 € 1 month L’Orangerie 77 young workers undiscl. yes 30 m² > 36 m² Utilities not incl. rent apprentices
T2 941 € >966 € Utilities not incl.
students young workers studios 400 € approx 1 month rent apprentices Blaise Pascal 152 18 m² > 36 m² Utilities included no excluding yes singles Internet not incl. utilities childless couples 18–30 year olds
112 studios 21 m² from 363 €**
duplex 30 33 m² students from 496 €** (couple) 1 month rent singles René Cassin no excluding yes childless couples utilities shared 18–30 year olds flats 20 (4 individual from 248 €** bedrooms – 14 m² each)
studios 340 €* 74 from 263 € 18 m² Internet not incl. students Pierre Raynaud free yes apprentices T1 bis 500 €* 6 from 363 € 27 m² Internet not incl.
T1 to one- 410 € 836 €* Researcher hall 154 undiscl. bedrooms Researchers
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Homestay and rental Flat-share
A bedroom in a local person’s home will cost between This solution is increasingly popular with students looking for 350 € and 500 € depending on its surface, equipment and convivial housing for a lesser price. geographical location. You can find homestay offers through Many websites offer their services to help you find the perfect several organisations, some of which are listed below. flat-share. Some of them are free, but not all of them.
Saint-Quentin- The Crous Intergenerational housing en-Yvelines www.lokaviz.fr This type of housing is the best way to create a link between generations: an older people shares their home with a younger one, conurbation The Crous’s platform offering them free or cheap housing. The student offers in return references nearly 6000 companionship, or helps with houshold tasks and appointments www.sqy.lokaviz.fr landlords’ accommodation (shopping, medical appointments, etc.). Several associations help offers in Paris region. Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines older and younger people meet. has acquired a new housing platform. In partnership with Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Yvelines information Ensemble2 Un toit pour toi conurbation, the University’s jeunesse (YIJ) Student Life department générations 254 boulevard du Maréchal Juin helps students and interns 3 Parvis des Sources 78200 MANTES-LA-JOLIE 78180 MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX 31 avenue de Villeneuve l’Étang get in touch with landlords to 78000 VERSAILLES +33 (0)1 30 94 84 14 / rent furnished or unfurnished +33 (0)1 34 98 37 05 +33 (0)6 27 39 78 41 +33 (0)6 31 94 20 05 accommodation via this [email protected] [email protected] www.untoitpourtoi-mantes.org database. www.yij78.org www.ensemble2generations.fr For students in Mantes-la- This service, reserved to YIJ Three options: Jolie area members (fee: 10 € under 26, Option 1: Free housing in The university’s and 15 € for 26 and above), membership required exchange for committing to housing platform gives access to housing offers. stay with the senior in the evenings. housing.uvsq.fr Le PariSolidaire Option 2: Low-price As a future student at UVSQ, UVSQ’s Student Life 6 rue Duchefdelaville housing in exchange for 75013 PARIS you can use the university’s service committing to a regular +33 (0)1 42 27 06 20 housing platform to: Advertisements are also presence and task sharing [email protected] > Find a place to rent or share available for consultation on Option 3: Solidarity www.leparisolidaire.fr in France and abroad site: housing passive care and administrative fee : 15 € > Find a place to sublet in at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, spontaneous services France and abroad at the Student Centre. membership : 150 € to 350 € In addition to the rent: membership fee depending > Find temporary annual subscription from on the option selected and date of arrival + accommodation in France September to September. and abroad administrative fee Decreasing by trimester based on start of lease date.
Beynes en Transition http://beynesentransition.fr
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Student hostels Young workers’
These student hostels are private, denominational or not, hostels and can have special requirements. The following hostels are These housings are prioritarily directed at young workers, located in Versailles regional education area. whether single or in a couple, employees, interns, and You can find the list of student hostels on the UNME’s website working students. All hostels offer individual accommodation (National Union of student houses). and different services (launderette, Internet lounge, common room, TV room, library, green spaces). All hostels are under www.unme-asso.com contract. Moreover, LOCA-PASS allowances can be requested. All these structures are eligible for the CAF’s housing allowances. Résidence Athéna Résidence
Chemin des Fausse Reposes Sainte Victoire www.aljt.com 78000 VERSAILLES 5 ter rue Sainte Victoire 78000 VERSAILLES application: mixed ALJT – Bois d’Arcy ALJT – Versailles foyer Marcel Callo 24 rue du Maréchal Joffre students* 11 rue Jacques Tati 12 rue Édouard Lefèbvre 78000 VERSAILLES 17 studios, including one 78390 BOIS D’ARCY 78000 VERSAILLES +33 (0)1 39 02 34 30 accessible to people with mixed 142 apartments [email protected] reduced mobility 18–28 year olds room: 424 € www.assomcallo.com application: small studio: 423 € room with private bathroom: 454 € CLLAJ of Versailles and its area studio: 551 € Campus vert studio: 550,5 € +33 (0)1 39 02 75 09 accessible studio: 450 € Fédération des associations des double studio: 568 € Fermes d’Accueil en chambres d’étudiants +33 (0)3 20 29 43 68 ALJT - Montigny-le- et... [email protected] org Bretonneux ALJT – Chaville t f 2 rue des Tritons campusvert.com n’ 34 boulevard de la Libération o 78180 MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX D 92370 CHAVILLE
203 small studio: 411 € > 183 apartments … newspapers 588 €
... internet from 410 € to 529 € www.pap.fr, www.leboncoin.fr, etc. Beware of ad list sellers: they do not ensure that you will find housing cdc habitat ALJT – Vaucresson to your liking. Adoma ... real estate agencies: 54 rue de Garches ELANCOURT pay attention to agency fees 92420 VAUCRESSON [email protected] T1 studio from 427 € habitat.fr * Priority is given to students with low resources and schlarship holders. +33 (0)1 73 18 00 00 It is also open to students under professional studio from 17 to 23m² training contract (405 € to 485 €) Maximum lentgh of lease; 2 years. 32 33 housing guide the different types of housing
Les 119 Relais Jeunes des Structures outside FJT FJT du Chesnay prés 7 Impasse René Mouchotte 78150 LE CHESNAY 14 allée de l’Ivraie 78180 MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX Jacques Brel Association +33 (0)1 39 23 17 79 +33 (0)1 30 43 06 60 Residence Des Lauriers
[email protected] individual studio: from 434 € 21 rue de Bruxelles 31 rue Jean Jaouen to 445 € 78990 ÉLANCOURT 78200 MANTES LA VILLE Mixed – from 18 to 25 yo +33 (0)1 30 68 82 08 +33 (0)8 11 90 12 12 individual bedroom in shared flat: 409 € Housing department at the townhall [email protected] +33 (0)1 30 66 44 28 / +33 (0)1 30 FJT des 7 Mares studio for couples: 627 € 66 50 28 1 rue des Tritons young workers 420 € all taxes incl. / month 78990 ÉLANCOURT social housing +33 (0)1 30 13 01 30 Marcel Callo www.fjt7mares.fr 24 rue du Maréchal Joffre Résidence Armor 18-25 yo (possible 78000 VERSAILLES avenue de l’Armée Leclerc exceptions up to 30) Accueillir +33 (0)1 39 02 34 30 78190 TRAPPES 130, avenue Joseph-Kessel www.assomcallo.com individual bedroom: 406€ 78180 MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX +33 (0)8 11 90 12 12 internet included 99 places [email protected] [email protected] individual studio: 386 € 18 – 28 yo shared apartments : interns – employees. bedroom: 330€ > 450 € 420 € all taxes incl. / month studio for couples: 433 € studio: 560 € Résidence ADEF administrative fee : 40 € and Flat-share possible at Guyancourt and Saint-Cyr- AGEFO Versailles 15 € membership fee l’Ecole (non FJT) 27 rue Claude Bernard 78310 MAUREPAS 11 bis rue Mansart 78000 VERSAILLES 01 30 49 08 82 +33 (0)1 39 66 92 41 under 30 yo (couples Jeunes du Val [email protected] accepted): 355 € > 618 € de Seine Richaud Residence in 56 apartments 21 rue d’Alsace Versailles 78200 MANTES-LA-JOLIE Genvève Garreau Residence +33 (0)1 30 33 20 03 in Viroflay www.fjt-mantes.org L’Espérance 18–25 yo Association 46 avenue de Touraine ALFI Residence 78310 MAUREPAS +33 (0)1 34 82 60 27 2-4 allée de la Fresnerie [email protected] 78330 FONTENAY-LE-FLEURY
temporary shared housing, fee: 108 apartments from 494€ 380 € + 4 € evening meal
Résidence
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Temporary or emergency Adapted and accessible accommodation housing
You will find a list of organisations below. Renovations are scheduled in the previously mentioned university halls of residence. The CROUS’s social assistant can help you if you find yourself in a difficult situation. To apply for a CROUS’s adapted accommodation, follow the specific process at: Call the Social Service’s office to ask for an appointment: www.Crous-versailles.fr +33 (0)1 69 15 70 64 between 9.30 and 12.30. Also remember to fill in your student social file between January and April every year. The Crous also offers in their Nanterre hall 15 automated C.H.R.S. Equinoxe Bel Air Hotel apartments for dependant students, with a personal care 1 avenue Nicolas About Residence assistant (admission submitted to the Rectorat’s doctor’s 78180 MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX 2, rue Philippe De Danjeau agreement). +33 (0)1 30 48 40 00 78000 VERSAILLES The FDSEF (French Student Health Federation) completes the +33 (0)1 39 50 68 06 package with a medico-social support for the development of Contact your social assistant autonomy. Espace Saint-Paul first. Places are attributed building B 3 place de l’église by a commission, based on 8 allée de l’université 92001 NANTERRE or 1 place Thérèse Martin application. For single women 78280 GUYANCOURT or couples, 18 yo or older. +33 (0)1 30 60 04 29 6-month stays maximum. To apply for this hall, contact the Crous social service’s technical advisor.. Pascale Riquier Espace Compostelle FUAJ [email protected] Crous de Versailles 24 ter rue du Maréchal Joffre www.fuaj.org DVE–service social Pascale Riquier 78000 VERSAILLES Find all youth hostels on BP 461 78004 VERSAILLES Cedex +33 (0)1 30 33 09 98 the FUAJ’s website (United Travel expenses between your study and living places can be Federation of Youth Hostels) covered by the STIF.* Claudine Castro Saint–Yves Social [email protected] Hotel Emergency 39-41 rue de Châteaudun 75009 PARIS 24 ter, rue du Maréchal Joffre accommodation 78000 VERSAILLES In case of grave difficulty, you +33 (0)1 39 02 18 37 can find information at any time calling Social Emergency Service: dial 115 free call.
* Paris regions transport organization (Syndicat des transports d’Île-de-France) 36 37 Students arriving in France housing guide students arriving in France
Living with a See our section Homestay Handy tips French family p.30. Some organisations specialise Take the time to assess your budget and find your housing in putting foreign students before arriving in France. You will thus avoid delicate in contact with host families, For exchange situations. generally for short stays. The programme service is subject to charges... students Good to know: chances to get a place in a university hall of residence (through the CROUS) if you come in France From cheapest to most Versailles Saint-Quentin- outside an exchange programme are quite low. expensive: en-Yvelines University has Homestay in Paris signed a partnership with the www.homestay-in-paris.com CROUS regarding exchange students within CROUS halls The International specifically addressed to Atome of residence. The application University Campus foreign people (written in www.atomeparis.com process will be explained French and English). in Paris Séjours France Famille to you by the international These places are open to all. www.sejoursfrancefamille.fr relation services after your You can apply for enrolment at University. accommodation at the Cité France accommodation The American Church Internationale. & culture [email protected] in Paris www.fac-paris.fr If your nationality is 65 Quai d’Orsay N.B.: Please note that all applications may not be represented in a campus 75007 PARIS France Student HomeStays given a positive reply. residence ("maison"), contact www.francestudenthomestays.com them directly for your Consultation on site, application. Monday to Saturday : 9 to 12 am & 1 pm to 10.30 pm, www.ciup.fr Useful information Sunday: 3 pm to 7.30 pm. To place an ad: The number of apartments is limited and the rent may be more 25 € / ad 1st week, expensive than in your home country. It is therefore strongly Advertisements for advised to start looking for a place before your arrival. foreign students in 12.50 € the following weeks. Paris The Swedish Church 9 rue Médéric FUSAC 75017 PARIS French specificities Check the ads in FUSAC, a free Courcelles station on metro line 2 about housing monthly magazine addressed to Consultation on site, English-speaking international Tuesday to Friday and communities in Paris and its area. Rent must be paid each In some cases, you will need Sunday : 10 am to 7 pm, month. to have a guarantor living www.fusac.fr Saturday : 1 pm to 6 pm, in France – a guarantor is a closed on Monday. When you enter the American and Swedish apartment, you will be asked person who can pay your rent if your are unable to do so. Churches in Paris Science accueil to pay a deposit ("caution” They let you check the [email protected] / ”dépôt de garantie”); this Many landlords require that housing advertisements amount, which cannot exceed the guarantor lives in France. (studios to let, flat-share, More particularly intended one-month rent, will be Please note that, according housing in exchange for for PhD students returned to you when you to the law, a landlord cannot services, etc.), more leave, except if the apartment refuse a guarantor because has been damaged. they don’t have the French 40 41 housing guide students arriving in France
nationality or they live outside Necessary expenses the French metropolitan Required documents territory. . to apply for housing the deposit (one-month Other systems are available rent, upon your arrival in the The following documents need to be at hand for any application if you don’t have a guarantor. apartment) (see p. 52) for housing. (see p. 53) in a private housing, double-sided copies of your In addition: an inventory is compulsory tenants must pay the ”Taxe and your guarantor’s IDs, when you enter and you d’Habitation”– ask the owner if you come from the leave your housing – you will for more information. (see p. the photocopy of your European Economic Area carefully examin every nook 52) guarantor’s latest three or the Swiss Confederation, and cranny of your housing payslips and/or your you will need to prove your house insurance is and take note with the scholarship certificate, and/ right of stay – student compulsory upon the 1st day of landlord of any anomaly. (see or a bank’s certificate of status, health insurance and your stay (allow about 20€ / p. 51) permanent transfer, sufficient resources.. year for a studio). (see p. 51) a proof af address of your if you come from outside the guarantor (electricity/phone European Economic Area, Recommendations bill), you need to have a valid residence permit (”Titre de your bank account’s details. Séjour”). Read the rental contract carefully before signing it. Note: do not wait for your This is the only legally valid The guarantor or third-party definitive residence permit document in the event of a guarantee is someone who to send your application. You problem. is likely to cover your rent will be able to update your file expenses if you are no longer after moving in. If you pay in cash, ask your able to do so. Most landlords landlord for a written receipt will require your guarantor’s of the payment. income to be at least three If you wish to terminate times the price of the rent. the rental contract, you need to send a written notice by registered letter with Housing allowances acknowledgement of receipt within the agreed period and As a foreign student, you are conditions detailed in the eligible for housing allowances contract. (see p. 54). In any case, you will need to provide your birth certificate (ideally translated in French) and justifification for your stay.
42 43 housing guide students arriving in France What you need to do Student welcome kit
before your arrival A welcome kit can be provided upon your arrival in your (non-European students) accommodation (duvet, pillow, tableware, etc.).
Foreign students from outside Warning : Do not apply for a Europe need to apply for a short-stay visa, often called More information at the Student Life department. student visa. To do so, you tourist visa, as it can neither can find more information be renewed nor extended in on the necessary documents France. The kit includes : and time required to get a It will not allow you to enrol visa at the French Consulate 1 nine-piece cutlery set in university nor to get your or Embassy in your home ”Titre de Séjour”, required to 1 frying pan country. legalise your stay in France. 1 cooking pot Campus France is the only You need to have a student operator in charge of the 1 duvet visa to be allowed to study in promotion of French higher France. 1 duvet cover education and of helping incoming foreign students. 1 bath towel
www.campusfrance.org
Book your kit: www.billetweb.fr/kit-daccueil
Address St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Campus Maison de l’étudiant / Student Centre 1 allée de l’Astronomie 78280 GUYANCOURT What you need to do upon your arrival at UVSQ [email protected] www.uvsq.fr Administrative enrolment Compulsory subscription to the Student Social Security (at the same time as your enrolment). As this guide is being written, a change in the law is expected: students would then subscribe to the general Social Security scheme. Start the process to obtain a valid residence permit (”Titre de Séjour”). Open a bank account. To do so, you just need to go to a bank and take an appointment with an advisor. You will find the list of required documents in the foreign student guide.
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Practical information practical information
The key documents of the future tenant
When looking for some accommodation, you can be asked to provide certain documents (ID, work contract and latest payslips or a certificate of employment for working students, latest rent receipts), as well as the person who will be your guarantor (ID, work contract and latest payslips or a certficate of employment, latest business balance sheet and K-Bis extract for independant workers, latest tax assessment, latest rent receipts, property tax).
Better be prepared and make sure you have all these papers at hand as you start your search.
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The ALUR law (on the access to housing andth renovated 2014 has comeurbanism) into of March 24 effect.
It changes quite a number of rules regarding housing.
All relevant information can be found on: www.anil.org
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The lease minimum. When the tenant is contract. A solidarity clause Housing insurance a student, this can be reduced has important consequences The certificate must be given Once your rental contract to 9 months. You can leave on the obligations a tenant to the owner at the contract has been signed, you are at any time sending a one- may have towards the others, signing: committed and can only month advance notice. including when one flatmate terminate it by sending your leaves. The solidarity clause for non-furnished housing: If the accommodation is notice within the time set in is a part of the contract insurance is compulsory and located in a contracted hostel the contract. that does not necessarily must be renewed every year for young workers or in a mention the term ”solidarity”. More information on Yvelines social hall of residence, the It however expresses clearly for furnished housing: the ADIL’s website. occupancy title is contracted that all tenants can be held law does not declare it www.adil78.org for a one-month period responsible for the payment compulsory, but in practice renewable by tacit agreement. of all the sums owed to the all lessors will require a valid If you rent unfurnished The notice must generally be insurance certificate. accommodation owner (rent, utilities, tenant sent one month in advance, repairs) until the end of the www.assurances-etudiants.com Length of the lease though it is specified in the current contract. You can find Online subscription available The ALUR law of March 2014 rental contract. If in doubt, more information on flat- (on the access to housing you can ask ADIL’s jurists. In a sharing (type of contract, rent and renovated urbanism) hostel, the notice period is 8 payment, insurance, deposit, has changed the regulations days. departure of flate-mates, etc.) Good to know relating to unfurnished If the hall is managed by the on the ANIL website (National Before signing a rental accommodation rental. Crous, the rental conditions Agency for the information on contract, the landlord can also are detailed in the contract. housing). The rent ask you : The rental price is freely set www.anil.org by the owner, in agreement If you share your proofs of your solvency (the with the tenant, and can be accommodation list of documents allowed will be detailed in a decree) revised once a year based on ALUR Legal regime applicable to flat-share: Inventory
the Rent Reference Index, if art. 1, I, 13° / law of 6.7.89 : art. 8-1, II. to pay the deposit / You need to be particularly it is expressly specified in the guarantee by a third party Several rental contracts careful as you complete the rental contract. (usually a parent). If you Each flatmate signs an inventory with the lessor cannot provide a deposit / Decrees limiting the increase individual contract (lease) when you move in. This guarantee see p 53. of rent prices as defined with the lessor. The owner document will indeed be used by the ALUR law will be grants each of them the as the reference document When you move in, don’t published in the near future. exclusive right to use some to complete the outgoing forget to inform people of inventory, on which will Notice rooms in the apartment, and a your change of address You can decide to leave at any shared right to access and use depend if you recover all your (administration, bank, etc.) time during the lease, sending other ones, like the kitchen deposit or only part of it. a three-month advance notice. and lavatory. Whatever the type of rent, This can be reduced to one Unique contract completing incoming and month in certain cases (cf. The landlord signs only one outgoing inventories is ANIL’s webiste) . contract with all the tenants, essential, with both lessor leaving them to decide on the and tenant present in order to If you rent furnished organisation and repartiton of ensure the legal certainty of accommodation as your the rented space. both parties. principal residence it is however essential to http://vosdroits.service-public.fr The rental contract must be check the terms of the signed for a one-year period
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Financial aids for those looking for housing in Housing budget housing France during their studies, Beside the rent, many expenses add up in your housing students under 28 on budget: deposit / guarantee, utilities, Taxe d’habitation, VISALE : a new September 1st of the year of administrative fee, and housing insurance. In some cases, protection system their rental contract signing, against rental risks you will also need to pay one-month rent in advance, students above 28 on Anyone strictly under 31 any intermediary’s fees (when renting unfurnished September 1st of the year of can benefit from the Visale accommodation), inventory fee, etc. their rental contract signing guarantee starting September if they are PhD students 30th 2016, whether they are or foreign postdoctorals employees, unemployed (PhD awarded less than 6 Utilities Crous university halls of or students (except non- years before, working as residence, scholarship students who non-tenured researcher in a The rent NB: Students attached to are attached to their parents’ research lab or unit with a The rental price is freely set their parents’ fiscal household fiscal household), provided fixed-term contract). by the landlord unless the can ask for a reduction of the the accommodation they rent accommodation belongs to a taxe d’habitation. To do so, belongs to a private owner. The guarantee is personal. If regulated category. The rental they need to send a written If the applying tenant is a the accommodation is shared, price, its terms and conditions request to the tax services to student under 31, scholarship each flatmate needs to apply of payment and its revision which their accommodation is owner and / or financially for the guarantee. In addition, rules must be clearly written in attached, along with a copy of independant, he will be the contract cannot have a the contract. their parents’ tax assessment. eligible for Visale without solidarity clause. Utilities (water, means test, provided the Housing insurance rent does not exceed electricity, heating, Apply for La Clé (Student See p.43 425 €. Beyond this limit, etc.) deposit / guarantee) directly the applicant will need to First check if they are included The deposit on Lokaviz website, logging to meet the same conditions as in the rent or not. Utilities Paid once, at the contract signing. your personal account. applying tenants from other are regulated for unfurnished It guarantees the respect categories. www.messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr rentals but not for furnished of your obligations, or the www.lokaviz.fr - espace personnel ones. You should therefore be payment of tenant repairs. www.visale.fr cautious on the subject. At the end of your contract, the landlord must return it to La Clé La Clé will eventually be included in The Taxe d’Habitation you after deduction of any VISALE programme. This student security deposit Students must pay the Taxe justified expenses owed by / guarantee aid is provided by d’Habitation (including when the tenant. In unfurnished the State to students without residing in social housing) accommodation, the amount personal guarantor in order if they reside there on of the deposit is limited to to help them get access to January 1st. one-month rent, excluding housing. La Clé is managed by utilities. A few exceptions when you the Crous. won’t be required to pay it: If you have financial The programme is available to difficulties, see the following furnished bedroom in all students: homestay(it is set up in the section Financial Aids for landlord’s name), Housing. those with an income but without personal or bank guarantor,
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Housing allowances personal situation, your Terms and conditions you do not have a guarantor According to your situation, current professional situation, You have housing expenses or cannot pay a security you will receive the allowance and your personal income in (rent or repayment of a loan). deposit (no one can pay personally or it will directly be year y-2. The allowance starts for your rent in case you paid to the landlord who will on the first day of the month If this is a rental, the landlord fail to do so): LOCA-PASS® deduct it from your rent. Three following your entrance in the cannot be your or your Guarantee can pay up to types of allowances exist accommodation. For instance, spouse’s parents, grand- 9-month rents and utilities depending on the nature of if you move in between parents, child, or grand- in case of non-payment. your accommodation and your September 1st and 30th, child. This service is only available personal situation: your allowance will start on You are also eligible for a for social housing (HLM or October 1st provided you have contracted private housing, the Social Housing housing allowance: applied for it in September. for instance). Allowance (ALS) if your are a If you live in a hostel, a hotel, single student or in a couple, You need therefore to a furnished accommodation Terms and conditions to ® with no dependant, complete your application or a university hall; receive LOCA-PASS aids: for your housing allowance the Family Housing be under 30 and work as soon as possible as there Allowance (ALF) if you are a in a company in block will be no retroactive effect. single student or in a couple, ® release training or as an To be allowed to benefit from LOCA-PASS : a housing with dependants, employee (at the time of the the housing allowances, the access support programme application you need to have the Personalised Housing accommodation should be worked at least three months Allowance (APL) if you are inhabited at least 8 months in if you cannot finance your in the last six months in a single or in a couple, with or the calendar year. However, fixed-term contract or for without dependant, living in this condition is considered as security deposit: LOCA- PASS® Advance allows you to a three-month minimum contracted accommodation. fulfilled on the tenant’s arrival, internship), The APL is generally paid to even if they are required to benefit from a free advance the landlord and you only leave it before the end of in the form of an interest- be a State-scholarship pay the difference. the period. If you choose to free loan of the amount of student (scholarship from personally receive a housing your deposit within the limit the Ministry of higher All applications should be allowance, your parents will of 500 € (for a private or education research). made online, on the CAF’s no longer receive any family social housing). In addition, website. www.actionlogement.fr benefits in your favour, but Loca-Pass Guarantee can www.caf.fr you may remain attached to cover the cost of the rent, MOBILI-JEUNE® including utilities, if a tenant The conditions to be eligible their fiscal household. Grant given to people under cannot pay, within the for a housing allowance from 30 working in a private non- Student housing allowances limit of 2.000€ per month the CAF are the following: agricultural company in block are not taxable. for a 9-month’s rent basis release training. It amounts rent accommodation as the CAF des Yvelines period in 3 years. Loca-Pass to between 10 € and 100 € contract holder. When flat- 2 avenue des Prés aids should be requested maximum per month. It is sharing, each tenant needs 78280 GUYANCOURT to an Action-Logement paid every 6 months during to apply personally, 0 810 29 29 29 organisation no later than 2 your block release training Price of a local call for a call made from a fixed-line months after you move in. year (that is two payments of stay in a hostel or university telephone in France a 6-month allowance value hall of residence. www.caf.fr - Mobile application: each). A simulation is available Caf - Mon Compte www.actionlogement.fr on the CAF’s website to estimate the possible amount of the allowance. It may vary depending on the accommodation, your
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Organisations FSL – The Solidarity managing Action Fund for Housing Transports Logement The FSL is aimed at people Itineraries and travelling times are given as a guide. Several with a low income who They all form together the itineraries are often possible. Don’t hesitate to compare them. UESL (Union of companies are having difficulties and employees for housing). financing the fees to find accommodation or remain in viaNavigo www.actionlogement.fr it. The FSL can offer help in Find itineraries and information on all public transports in Paris the interprofessional the form of an interest-free area. Comittee for housing Procilia loan or a grant. It is subject to www.vianavigo.com 21 rue d’Angiviller RP 756 a test of means. 78007 VERSAILLES Cedex By train 01 39 07 49 59 This cannot be combined with www.transilien.fr the LOCA-PASS® programme. Gic For more information, see a social worker. www.ratp.fr www.gic.fr Astria www.astria.com Bank security deposit / By bus guarantee PHÉBUS SQYBUS A bank commits to pay a Versailles, Viroflay, Le Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines tenant’s unpaid rents, in Chesnay, Vaucresson, +33 (0) 800 200 476 Universal guarantee exchange for the tenant to Rocquencourt, Saint-Cyr- Green number, free call if made from a fixed-line of rental risks (GRL) deposit a certain amount of L’École, Vélizy, Pont de telephone in France The GRL is a unique insurance money into a blocked bank Sèvres, Chaville, etc. www.sqybus.fr contract covering risks of account. +33 (0)1 39 20 16 20 non-payment for landlords; STAVO HOURTOULE Be careful, the amount www.phebus.tm.fr it accepts young people and Bois d’Arcy, Fontenay-le- blocked on the account may scholarship students. If you SAVAC Fleury are, etc. don’t have any guarantor vary from one bank to another Buc, Guyancourt, Chevreuse +33 (0)1 30 54 27 72 and/or do not meet with the and the service is not free. valley… www.stavo.fr usual criteria required by the see your bank for more +33 (0)1 30 52 45 00 landlord, you can suggest the information, www.savac.fr landlord takes out the GRL. advice and information on www.grl.fr ADIL’s website: links By car nal www.adil78.org io it w ww.viamichelin.com d d a www.mappy.com e m o S
Transport information in SQY www.saint-quentin-en-yvelines.fr > section ”Practical Information” / ”Move” / ”By public transport”.
Transport information in Vélizy- Villacoublay www.velizy-villacoublay.fr > Section ”Daily life” / ”transports».
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Where to find help Housing departments in the Yvelines Most big cities have housing departments, where you can find rental offers and apply for social housing (HLM). The housing service at the Student Life department Saint-Quentin-en- CLLAJ St-Quentin-en-Yvelines Campus Its missions Yvelines’s housing CLLAJs offer help and Improve the visibility of Office 104 Maison de l’étudiant (Student Centre) department counsel on autonomous offers and the access to 1 allée de l’Astronomie housing search for 18 to housing for students from 78280 GUYANCOURT Opening hours Monday to Thursday: 30 yo (for students with a all campuses (data bases via +33 (0)1 39 25 56 29 regular income). They can the platforms housing.uvsq.fr 9 am to 12 am & 1.30 pm to 5 pm Tuesday and Thursday Friday: also provide help to apply to and www.sqy.lokaviz.fr, and LOCA-PASS ® organise a forum at the end 9 am to 12 am & 1.30 pm to 4 pm Sciences campus www.sqy.lokaviz.fr 24 Rue du Maréchal Joffre of June / begining of July), Buffon Building 78000 Versailles offering information tools 45 avenue des États-Unis [email protected] 78000 VERSAILLES +33 (0)1 39 02 75 09 on housing (processes, aids, [email protected] +33 (0)1 39 25 45 40 etc.) on the UVSQ’s website Mantes en Yvelines www.cllaj78.org Monday to Thursday: and information guides, area (CAMY) 8.30 to 12 am & 1 to 5 pm CLLAJ Trappes develop the housing The CAMY has created a Friday : CLLAJ Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and prospective, service dedicated to student neighbouring towns 8.30 to 12 am be the university’s entrance housing in Mantes area. point for all organisations [email protected] http://camy-info.fr 25 avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier 78190 Trappes related to housing (Crous, www.uvsq.fr www.cllajsqy.org regional governments, > section Student Life > Accommodation university halls of residence, ADIL 78 +33 (0)1 30 16 27 80 etc.), Legal question related to monitor student housing at housing; free and personalised the university, counsel by professional jurists.
4 rue Saint Nicolas 78000 VERSAILLES The Student Life offices also +33 (0)1 39 50 84 72 proposes housing offers from [email protected] private owners. www.adil78.org
CROUS office’s opening hours Monday to Thursday 9 am to 5 pm (closed at lunch time) and Friday 9 am to 12 am at the Student Centre (Maison de ll’étudiant)
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Student Life
Housing department [email protected]
Address
Marta Pan Student Centre 1 allée de l’Astronomie 78 280 Guyancourt +33 (0)1 39 25 50 49
www.uvsq.fr