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The associations managing social residences or homes for young workers or migrants, which welcome nearly 200,000 modest people, welcomed Friday to have obtained government aid of 192 euros per dwelling, for 2022, to cope with the explosion of energy costs."This aid is paid in one go, in 2023, according to the total number of housing units of the structure considered, and is not renewable," says a decree published Friday in the Official Journal. This decision, expected for months, will "be able to give a temporary breath of air to the managers" of the residences concerned, said in a statement the National Union for Youth Housing (Unhaj) and the Professional Union of Accompanied Housing (Unafo).
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A call for a "consultation on the economic model of social residences"
In December, the two federations sounded the alarm, saying that many management associations risked bankruptcy if the government did not help them pay their energy bills.
These non-profit associations, whose job is to house very precarious people, do not have the right to pass on the increase in the cost of energy in the charges charged to their tenants - who have nevertheless touched, for their part, the exceptional "energy check" of 100 to 200 euros granted in 2022 by the government to modest individuals.
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From now on, so that this exceptional aid paid to associations is not just a "band-aid on a wooden leg", the two federations call for a "consultation on the economic model of social residences": this model is "weakened", and it must be "rethought to ensure (the) sustainability", according to them.