• Students find it difficult to find accommodation because of the great demand in the area.

  • People who come from abroad or young people on permanent contracts also have great difficulty in finding accommodation.

  • The rental manager of the GTI agency of the Orpi network indicated that she receives 90 emails per day for student rental requests.

"My lease ends Wednesday, June 30, and I cannot stay until Friday to move this weekend, because my landlord rents the apartment directly with Airbnb", testifies Mel, in life sciences license in Nice.

The holidays have not yet started and yet, the French Riviera students have no choice but to leave their accommodation to make room for tourists.

For three years, it has been the same difficulties for the native Var.

“Even looking from May for a nine-month lease, it's complicated.

Housing is clearly the city's weak point.

All my scholarship goes into the rent ”.

Few student accommodation for demand

Between seasonal rentals becoming the priority of the summer and prices exceeding all budgets, young people are struggling to find a suitable place to live. Gladys began her research in January. “On Internet sites, there are a lot of scams and by agencies, it is immediately 200 euros more than expected. »Laurène, she is obliged to move from Paris to" position herself for an apartment as goods are so highly valued ".

According to a study by LocService.fr, Nice remains the most expensive university city in the provinces to rent a studio with an average budget of 621 euros.

Karine Pruvot, rental manager at the GTI agency of the Orpi network confirms.

“We are almost as expensive as Paris so it is certain that for studies, the city is difficult to afford.

It takes easily 500-550 euros to have a 19 m2.

As there are few offers, some parents pay a high price and decide to take it as early as July and for a year, in order to be able to keep it.

"She adds:" There is a shortage of student apartments while the demand is there, since the Parcoursup results, I receive 90 emails a day.

But there are too many Airbnb properties ”.

Every summer Sara has to leave her apartment empty in August

For her, another category of people is affected by this problem: foreign students.

"Insurance of unpaid rent guarantees require French guarantors because the banks do not have an agreement between them", she specifies.

This is what Rebecca, whose parents are in Switzerland, had to face a few weeks ago.

She explains: “I am on an internship so I continue to need accommodation during the summer.

The problem is, all rentals are for vacationers and I can't afford the price of a month's rent for a week.

If I want a long-term lease, I need proof, either with French guarantors or with a CDI being able to pay three times the rent.

Which is impossible in my case.

"

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In the end, she made an agreement with an owner, without really having a contract "after weeks of research".

And students are not the only ones affected by the Nice real estate market.

This is also the case for Sara, 24 years old and on a permanent contract but who, every year for two years, must find a solution for the month of August to leave her apartment empty at the request of its owner.

Or Célia, 26 years old and also on a permanent contract, who has decided to share a flat in order to "have more space" and "pay less than 700 euros for a well-placed studio".

The real estate agent concludes: "The Côte d'Azur pays for itself, the sun pays for itself".

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