How do I apply for student accommodation at the Crous? - For the academic year (or more than one month)

Verified 19 mars 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Your situation

You want to stay during the academic year (or more than a month)
You want a house Crous
You live in France

You must be student to benefit from accommodation at the Crous: titleContent. Accommodation is allocated according to the following criteria:

Your personal situation. The criteria are the same as for the calculation of scholarships (your income and that of your parents, family composition, geographic remoteness, and academic achievement).
The vacant accommodation

The residences of Crous: titleContent consist of individual dwellings at moderate prices, which allow you to receive a housing allowance.

They are located near the study sites and have access to public transport (bus, tram or metro depending on the city).

There are 2 types of university residences: traditional residences and conventional residences.

Traditional residence

Possible types of accommodation:

Furnished room of 9 m² with washbasin (the kitchens, showers and communal toilets are outside the accommodation)
Furnished room of 10 m² with shower, sink, refrigerator, WC (the collective kitchen is outside the accommodation)
Furnished room of 14 m² with shower, sink, microwave, refrigerator (sometimes WC) and with communal kitchen outside the accommodation
Furnished studio from 15 to 20 m² with kitchenette, shower, sink, fridge, WC

The price is €200 to €500 per month, depending on the type of accommodation.

The housing allows you to receive social housing allowance (SLA).

Agreed residence

Possible accommodation types: furnished apartment, studio to T3 (with kitchenette, shower, sink, fridge, WC)

Example of average rent: €400 per month for a T1.

The housing allows you to receive housing assistance (LPA).

1. Building your Student Social Record (SSR)

From 1^er march to may 31, you must complete your Student Social Record (SSR) and check the "I am applying for housing" box. To do this, you must connect to an online service:

My student services

2. Participate in the housing allocation procedure

The allocation of housing is carried out in two phases. One main phase is intended primarily for fellows and a complementary phase is open to all students.

Main phase

You have to make your vows online from 7 May on an online service:

FindAccommodation.LesCrous.fr

Please note

Available accommodation offers are online from the May 2.

You can make a total of 4 wishes, in the same city or different cities and crous.

There are 4 housing allotment towers from 11 June to 2 July.

After each round, you can modify your wishes to better adjust them according to your orientation results, your study choices.

Tableau - Schedule for the main phase of the allocation of Crous housing units
Allocation round	Entering or Editing Wishes	Validating greetings	Results
Tower 1	From 7 May	June 10 at 10 am	June 11
Tower 2	From 14 June	June 17 at 10am	June 18
Tower 3	From 21 June	June 24 at 10am	June 25
Tower 4	From 28 June	1str july at 10am	July 2

FYI

If your requests for accommodation have not been met, you must re-validate your wishes to participate in the next round.

Complementary phase

From July 9, you can check the remaining accommodation offers available and book. You should do this in the following online service:

FindAccommodation.LesCrous.fr

FYI

New offers are put online throughout the summer depending on withdrawals and departures. There is no waiting list.

You are notified by SMS and email of the result of the housing assignments.

Please note

Be sure to check the email address you provided when creating your EHR.

You must confirm your choice within 48 hours according to the decision to allocate the accommodation.

For that, you have to pay €100 booking fees on your account My student services (City U' section). This amount will be deducted from your 1^er rent.

My student services

You must also complete, sign and send to the university residence the documents presented in the award decision. Rules and regulations These include the act of joint and several guarantee.

FYI

You can ask Housing action to be your guarantor, that is to say to vouch for you. It's about the Visale guarantee.

You must also pay the security deposit.

The keys to the accommodation are given to you.

You must pay on 1^er rent, net of the royalty advance already paid (€100).

You must also submit the following documents:

Certificate of insurance against rental risks (fire, water damage, civil liability)
Student card or certificate of enrollment for the academic year for which you obtained the accommodation