How do I apply for student accommodation at the Crous?

Verified 04 June 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You are a student or higher education professional and you want to be housed in a Crous ? We explain the conditions to be met and the steps to be taken to benefit from this type of housing.

What applies to you ?

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You must be student to benefit from accommodation at the Crous. 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 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).

You live in France

1. Building your Student Social Record (SSR)

March 13 to May 31, 2025, 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

Housing is allocated in 2 phases. One main phase is intended first and foremost to fellows and one complementary phase is open to all students.

Main phase: May 6 to 1^er july 2025

You must make your vows online on an online service:

FindAccommodation.LesCrous.fr

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

There's 3 allocation rounds of housing from 6 May to 1^er july 2025. After each round, you can change your wishes to better adjust them.

Tableau - Schedule for the main phase of the allocation of Crous housing units
Allocation round	Entering or Editing Wishes	End of greeting entry	Results	Confirmation to be made before
Tower 1	From 6 May	June 16 at 10am	June 17	June 19 at 11:59 pm
Tower 2	From 20 June	June 23 at 10am	June 24	June 26 at 11:59 pm
Tower 3	From 27 June	June 30 at 10am	1^er July	July 3 at 11:59 pm

Complementary phase: from 8 July 2025

As of this date, all students (scholars or not, national or international) can consult 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 was no waiting list.

You're from the foreigner

From July 8, 2025, you must apply for accommodation in the following online service:

FindAccommodation.LesCrous.fr

You can also do the following:

Contact your future institution to find out if other housing solutions exist
Consult Lokaviz (apartments rented by individuals).

Lokaviz: private student accommodation

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. 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

If you are already staying in the residence of the Crous and you want to keep the same unit for the next academic year, so you have to renew your application.

To do this, you need to connect to the space City U from your account My student services, according to the calendar provided by your residence:

My student services

You can be housed in a university residence if you are in one of the following situations:

Student
Researcher or teacher-researcher
Member of the administrative staff of higher education

You can be accommodated for professional or personal reasons.

Your stay can last a few days (from 1 night to less than a month) and can be booked on flexible dates (arrival and departure day on weekdays or weekends).

FYI

You can book accommodation up to 6 months in advance.

You can book a room or studio, including Wi-Fi, laundry, bike garage and parking.

These accommodations are located in the major university cities, close to public transport and examination, competition or conference centers.

The price charged includes the following services: