The start of the academic year, which took place this Monday, September 15, costs students this year 3,227 euros, on average, with the rent as the heaviest position (581 euros), according to the Federation of General Student Associations. A charge attenuated by Personal aid to housing (APL), some of whom could be deprived next year.
According to Les Echos From September 13, an article in the finance bill for 2026 (PLF), drawn up by former Prime Minister François Bayrou, “Planning to strengthen the conditions of access to personal aid to housing, the APL, which bring together personalized housing assistance, social housing allowance and family housing allowance and benefit to 5.7 million people. Foreign students and those attached to 20% of the wealthiest tax households might no longer have access to it ”. As a reminder, a single person is considered to be one of the richest 20% from 3,119 euros in income per month, according to INSEE a threshold which amounts to 4,679 euros monthly for couples.
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The 2016 previous
“I heard about this measure, Drive by Bercynot for foreign students but for students attached to the wealthiest tax households ”, Acquies Emmanuelle Cosse, president of the Social Union for Housing (USH), which brings together social landlords, during a press conference, this Tuesday, September 16. The former Minister of Housing is said “No surpriseRecalling that the APLs had been removed from October 1, 2016 for students attached to the tax household of parents liable for wealth tax (ISF). “I think we find something of this order”advance Emmanuelle Cosse. But the removal of the ISF in 2018 had made this initiative laid down. This is why the government of the time had decided to exclude APLs the students attached to the tax household of parents paying for real estate wealth tax (IFI), successor to the ISF.
But the number of IFI taxpayers is much lower than that of the people who are in the ISF, according to a senatorial information report which assesses the first at 132,722 in 2018 and the latter at 358,198 in 2017. In the current context of very degraded public finances, it is not excluded that the Ministry of the Economy seeks to further reduce the number of APL beneficiaries. According to Les Echosthe planned planing of the APLs would represent a saving of 300 million eurosat a total cost of 15.6 billion in 2023. Bercy, Matignon and the Ministry of Housing had not responded to Capital At a time when these lines are published.
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A problematic measure for foreign students
“Students attached to the 9th and 10th income declary taxes (the highest) are not HLM tenants»»nuance Marianne Louis, director general of the USH, recalling “That a little less than half of the beneficiaries of the APL live in the social park and the other half in the private housing park”. She recognizes that if such a measure should be born, it would however be “Much more problematic for foreign students». “The Crous (regional centers of university and social works) have a lot of housing for foreign students but social landlords also house a lot”echoes Emmanuelle Cosse.
