Lodging and accommodation

All foreign students can benefit from an Allocation de Logement Social (Social Lodging Grant).
Information from your Caisse d'Allocation Familiale (Family Welfare Agency) or on www.caf.fr (link to CAF site) On this site, you can even complete your file on line!

• If you live in the following arrondissements: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
  contact the CAF of Paris, 4th management center, 19, rue du Pot de Fer Paris 5e.
• For the 7, 8, 14, 15, 16th arrondissements,
  contact the CAF of Paris, 1st management center Viala, 18 rue Viala Paris 15e.
• If you live in the 9, 10, 17, 18, 19th arrondissements,
  write to the 2nd management center Laumière, 67/69 av Jean-Jaurès Paris 19e.
• For the 11, 12, 13 and 20th arrondissements,
  contact the 3rd management center Nationale, 101 rue Nationale Paris 13e.
  

The CROUS
This association manages the 11 university residences located in the heart of Paris and can help you.
Get information from its Service du Logement (Accommodation Service),
39 avenue Georges Bernanos Paris 5e, from Monday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., tel. + 33 1 40 51 55 55.
You can also find there a list of students' halls of residence.
Don't forget that your accommodation request must be renewed every year.

Another service " Logement en Ville" (Accommodation in Town) is open all year long, from Monday to Friday, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and can give you a list of private one-room flats or rooms: there are nearly 5,000 proposals from EUR 230 to EUR 460! Or check on Minitel at 3615 CROUS.

Note :
If you have any problems with your landlord or need any information, contact the services of the Agence Départementale pour l'Information sur le Logement (ADIL) (Departmental Agency for Information on Accommodation) at + 33 1 42 79 50 50.

The International Campus of Paris

This unique university campus in Paris offers 5,000 lodgings, essentially intended for foreign students. You can download your accommodation request at www.ciup.fr (link to CIUP site), and discover its famous Relais Social International (International Social Relay) in the section "Etudiants étrangers" (Foreign students).
Caution: only students at graduate or higher level can be accepted.
La Cité Internationale, 19 bvd Jourdan, (14e), tel. + 33 1 44 16 64 00

Other organizations and associations

The American Church in Paris, 65 quai d'Orsay Paris 7e, tel. + 33 1 40 62 05 00, can give you an up-to-date list of ads for accommodation and temporary jobs.

Association pour le développement économique du logement étudiant (Association for the economic development of student lodging), 13, rue de Washington, (8e), + 33 1 42 89 36 04.

Le réseau Office de Services Etudiants (OSE) Point Logement (Student Service Agency network (OSE) Lodging Kiosk), 11-13, rue Serpente, (6e), tel. + 33 1 55 42 80 80.

Auberge pour jeunes de l'Association des étudiants protestants de Paris (Hostel for youth of the Protestant student association in Paris), 46, rue de Vaugirard, (6e), tel. + 33 1 43 54 31 49.

Centre International de Séjour de Paris (Paris Residency International Center), 7 bvd Kellermann Paris13,
tel. 01 44 16 37 38. Or 6, avenue Maurice Ravel, (12e), tel. + 33 1 44 75 60 00.

Maison des clubs Unesco (House of Unesco clubs), 43, rue de la Glacière, (13e), tel. + 33 1 43 36 00 63. Welcome to foreign students for 2 to 3 days maximum.

Union nationale des maisons d'étudiants (National union of student houses), 2, rue de la Roquette, (11e), tel. + 33 1 48 05 73 62, www.unme-asso.com (link to UNME site)

In a family

The Alliance Française of Paris, 101, bvd Raspail (6e), tel. 01 42 84 90 00, offers a computerized service with ads to find an accommodation or temporary job. Every day except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

L'accueil familial des jeunes étrangères (Family hostel for young female students), 23, rue du Cherche Midi, (6e), tel. + 33 1 42 22 50 34.

If stuck…

You can always call upon the Youth hostel services of Paris (Auberges de jeunesse de Paris), www.fuaj.org (link to the Youth Hostel Organisation site)
Jules Ferry, 8, bvd Jules Ferry, (11e), tel. + 33 1 43 57 55 60.
Le D'Artagnan, 80 rue de Vitruve, (20e), tel. + 33 1 40 32 34 56
Clichy, 107 rue Martre, 92110 Clichy, tel. + 33 1 41 27 26 90, Metro line 13 Mairie de Clichy
Cité des Sciences, 24 rue des sept Arpents, 93310 Le Pré Saint-Gervais, tel. + 33 1 48 43 24 11,
Metro line 5 Hoche