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I don't know for the US, but i was a homeless student in Paris for a year, lived at my school and crashing at a new friend appartment every night or so. I know
by orwin 4y ago
I don't know for the US, but i was a homeless student in Paris for a year, lived at my school and crashing at a new friend appartment every night or so. I know homeless student who owned cars and slept in them (the school provided showers, so that was nice). Only 1/4th of the parisian homeless are living in tents or under bridges. And for the 3/4th, rent is definitely the main factor (i mean, if the cost of a 9m² was 250€ instead of 350€ over the 3.5 years i was there, i wouldn't have been homeless at all).
- sofixa 4y agoIMO the bigger problem in Paris is the requirements (such as someone with sufficient revenues to guarantee you'll pay your rent/pay it for you). With regards to price, there are options - it might be crap sharing an appartement in a crappy suburb, but it exists and there are tradeoffs that can be made (nicer but farther away, crappier but closer, shared to bring costs down, etc.). Also there is student housing which is quite affordable but the system is ridiculously bad. However on both points there are improvements - there's a state guarantee program for students, and the system for requesting student housing is improving, even if there still isn't enough in Paris itself.