How is the Solidarity Fund for Housing (FSL) helping?

There is a housing solidarity fund (FSL) by department.

The FSL provides financial assistance to applicants who have difficulty paying for their accommodation.

The aid from the FSL can be paid in the form of a loan (to be repaid to the FSL) or a grant (without repayment).

The aid may be used to pay the following costs:

• The costs of accommodation. For example, the payment of security deposit, of 1^er rent, real estate agency fees, removal costs, home insurance, or the purchase of equipment from 1^re necessity (fridge...).
• The costs of housing maintenance. For example, the payment of rent debts, electricity bills, gas bills, of water, telephone, or costs of the commissioner of justice (former bailiff and judicial auctioneer).

Help from the FSLFSL : Solidarity Fund for Housing may be granted to you if you are one of the following :

• Tenant or sub-tenant
• Owner living in his own dwelling
• Person hosted for free
• Resident of home

To grant the assistance of the FSL, the department takes into account total revenue persons residing in the dwelling, with the exception of housing subsidies (APLAPL : Customized housing assistance, SLASLA : Social housing allowance, ALFALF : family housing allowance), the back-to-school allowance and theAEEHAEEH : Education allowance for disabled children.

The amount of aid may be adjustedHowever, an applicant with a low income may receive more assistance than an applicant with a higher income.

Each FSL has its own award criteria. For example, some departments grant FSL assistance on the condition that the applicant receives the activity premium.

To find out the criteria for the FSL award applied by your department, you can consult your Adil or the services of your department:

You should contact a social worker, who will ask the FSL for help on your behalf.

Depending on your situation, you can meet a social worker in different places: