Can a student receive housing assistance (PLA, ALS, ALF)?

Yes, you can receive housing assistance if you meet the following 4 conditions:

• You are French or foreign with a residence permit valid
• You rent a decent housing
• You don't have relationship with the owner of the rental unit
• You have resources (salary, scholarship...) below certain limits.

To find out if you can collect housing assistance, you can use the Caf simulator.

Simulator Caf - Housing allowances (eligibility and amount)

The application for housing assistance must be made from a remote service.

Student Housing Assistance: online request

Depending on the nature of the accommodation and your family situation, you may receive one of the following 3 housing benefits:

• personalized housing assistance (LPA) if you are single or in a relationship with or without a dependant and you rent a conventional housing,
• social housing allowance (SLA) if you are single or in a couple, without dependants and you are renting unconventional accommodation,
• family housing allowance (FLA) if you are single or in a relationship with 1 dependant and you are renting unconventional accommodation.