This Thursday, August 31, 2023, the Paris Administrative Court suspended Crous's decision to"limit the occupancy leases of the accommodation to June 30, 2024" in order to make them vacant during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Paris 2024: 100 euros and Olympic tickets in exchange for accommodation for CROUS students
Due to the high demand for accommodation during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Crous is asking students living there to vacate over the summer period next year in exchange for 100 euros and tickets to the competition. [Read more]
Indeed in May 2023, the Crous had announced that it only wanted to rent accommodation to students until June 31, rather than the usual August 31, in order to accommodate staff for the global event. This measure was strongly criticized by the Solidaires étudiant-e-s union, which declared that "young people" would be deprived of their choice to stay in their accommodation, to the benefit of the Olympic Games. The court ruled that the decision of the Crous d'Île-de-France was illegal and prejudicial to the rights of students.
No, it was never envisaged to deprive a student of housing during the @Paris2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Sylvie Retailleau (@sretailleau) August 31, 2023
A little thread is in order. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/0l9UVrcR3O
Following the court's verdict, the French Minister for Higher Education and Research, Sylvie Retailleau, defended herself by stating that no student would have been left without accommodation during the Olympics, assuring that "everything would have been done to limit the inconvenience: rehousing in the vicinity and covering the costs for this move", according to comments gathered by Le Parisien .
Although the students have won their case for the time being, the Crous is considering re-examining its requisition project. To be continued...
Paris 2024: 100 euros and Olympic tickets in exchange for accommodation for CROUS students
