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Loca-Pass Advance: assistance to the tenant for the security deposit

Verified 18 June 2021 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The Loca-Pass advance is a loan (interest-free, no application fees) to help the prospective tenant pay the security deposit to the owner (lessor). This loan is granted by Housing action. To obtain it, the tenant must be under 30 years of age or be employed in the private sector (excluding agriculture) or be a student.

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Employee of a private company

You meet the conditions to get the Loca-Pass advance.

Warning  

if the company belongs to the agricultural sector, you have to ask Agri-Loca-Pass advance.

Looking for a job

You must be under 30.

Scholarship student from the French State

You can get the Loca-Pass advance.

Student employed

You must be in one of the following situations:

  • Have a CSD: titleContent at least 3 months. The CSD must be in progress at the time of your request.
  • Accumulate at least 3 months in CDD (with one or more CDDs) in the 6 months preceding your request.
  • Have an internship agreement of at least 3 months. The agreement must be in progress at the time of your request.

Apprentice (or alternating)

You must be in vocational training (apprenticeship contract or professionalisation contract) and you must be under 30.

The accommodation (rented empty or furnished) must be your principal residence.

It must be the subject of a lease or an agreement of occupation in a home or social residence or, in the case of a shared-ownership arrangement, of a agreeable to the lease.

You must apply no later than 2 months after entering the accommodation.

You must apply online:

Request a Loca-Pass Advance

Loca-Pass advance amount cannot exceed €1,200 maximum.

The Loca-Pass advance may finance all or part of the security deposit.

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Your lease is 25 months or more

You must start repaying the loca-pass 3 months after it is paid.

Every month you have to pay back at least €20 (except for the month of your last payment).

You must repay the loca-pass in 25 months maximum.

Example :

Your lease is 3 years, 36 months. The Loca-Pass advance is €1,200.

1,200 / 25 = 48

You must repay €48 every month for 25 months.

Your lease is less than 25 months

You must start repaying the Loca-Pass advance 3 months after it has been paid.

Every month you have to pay back at least €20 (except for the month of your last payment).

The duration of the refund is aligned with the duration of your lease.

FYI  

if you leave the accommodation before the end of the lease, you have a maximum of 3 months after your departure to repay the entire Loca-Pass advance.

Example :

Your lease is 1 year, 12 months. The Loca-Pass advance is €360.

12 months - 3 months = 9 months

360 / 9 = 40

You must repay €40 every month, until the end of your lease.

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