These French people who live in housing far too large … and especially do not want to leave

While France is going through a housing crisis, almost a quarter of households live in homes that are too big for them, according to an INSEE study. Often elderly, these French people do not think of leaving these under-occupied dwellings.

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It is a shame while France is sorely lacking in housing, in the opinion of most professional real estate federations. A quarter of households Lives in a mainly under-occupied main residence, according to an INSEE study published this Tuesday, July 8! Concretely, these French people live in accommodation withat least three extra roomsin relation to the number “Theoretically necessary” For their home, specifies INSEE.

Individual houses represent 93% of these very under-occupied main residences. They are “Mostly” inhabited by their owners, including “Housing could have become too large with the departure of children from the family home”explains the study. Indeed, more than half of households living in a largely under-occupied accommodation have moved there for over 20 years. And 60% of them are aged at least 60 years old.

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Very accentuated sub -occupation is also frequent in rural departments. Haute-Saône, Côtes d’Armor, Finistère, Meuse, Creuse, Deux-Sèvres, Gers, Morbihan, Vosges, Manche and Mayenne are the departments where the proportion of main residences largely under-occupied is the highest, greater than or equal to 36%. The logic would like the older owners of individual houses lost in the countryside, difficult and expensive to maintain, sell it or rent it to settle in a smaller apartment, in the city center, close to all amenities. But no ! “Only 36 % of households living in very under-occupied accommodation consider that the number of parts is too high compared to their needsnotes INSEE. A very large majority of them are satisfied with their housing conditions». So much so that only 9% of them want to move, compared to 27% of other households and 51% of those who occupy housing over -occupied!

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Habitat shared still not very widespread

Beyond the attachment to the family home, perhaps they want to keep it because the “in excess” rooms allow them to regularly accommodate children and grandchildren, or even Paid hostsadvance INSEE. New forms of shared habitat, such as intergenerational residences, emerge, however, “Who can encourage the departure of a person who are aged with under-occupied accommodation”considers INSEE. While agreeing “That they are still not widespread”.