At the start of the 2023 academic year, 2.97 million students and apprentices were enrolled in French higher education, an increase of 25 % compared to 2012. This development raises the question of the capacity of the housing stock to meet their needs, particularly at the start of the academic year. Student housing is not the same as ‘student accommodation’, which refers only to the accommodation that is strictly reserved for students, and which accounts for only 11 % of their accommodation solutions. At a time when student demographic trends are on the verge of reversing, the Court and the regional chamber of Île-de-France, the region with the most students and the highest rents, have been asked to assess the support measures in place to ensure the development of and effective access for students to the various types of housing stock, both public and private.
