Real Estate Market Study: Renting Apartments in French Cities – Lyon Ranks Among Top Cities for Fast Rentals

Real Estate Market Study: Renting Apartments in French Cities – Lyon Ranks Among Top Cities for Fast Rentals

A study on the real estate market, carried out by the online rental management agency Flatlooker, highlights the average time needed to rent an apartment in six major French cities: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris and Toulouse. If Paris is the fastest for renting 1-room apartments, Lyon is doing well and is on the podium … Read more

Emergency Accommodation Professionals on Strike in Lyon: Testimonials and Concerns about Lack of Homeless Shelter Spaces

Emergency Accommodation Professionals on Strike in Lyon: Testimonials and Concerns about Lack of Homeless Shelter Spaces

Thursday, December 14, emergency accommodation professionals are on strike in the metropolis of Lyon, denouncing the lack of places for the homeless. They describe an increasingly “inhumane” work environment. Testimonials. Subscriber edition, Testimonial Marie Allenou Published on December 14, 2023 · Printed on December 14, 2023 at 3:31 p.m. · 5 minutes Each marauding is a … Read more

In Bordeaux, “the Euratlantic shortcut equals too easy concreting”

In Bordeaux, “the Euratlantic shortcut equals too easy concreting”

Euratlantique takes over for ten years. The Operation of National Interest (OIN), the largest urban development operation in France outside Paris, was due to end in 2030, and has just been extended until 2040. “There are 740 hectares to be redeveloped on three municipalities, Bordeaux, Floirac, and Bègles, and we realized that we would not … Read more

Lyon. Laetitia is homeless with her baby: “I am ready to give everything for accommodation”

Lyon.  Laetitia is homeless with her baby: “I am ready to give everything for accommodation”

Par Anthony Soudani Published on 10 Dec 23 at 6:44 See my news Follow Lyon News Laetitia Boujard is at the end of her rope. With drawn features, tears in her eyes, she pushes open the doors of the editorialnews Lyon. Accompanied by her partner, the mother pushes a stroller. We can barely see Sira’s … Read more

In current affairs

In current affairs

The choice of the DP – or more precisely of the new Deputy Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel – to entrust Claude Meisch with the heavy ministerial responsibilities of Education, Housing and Regional Planning continues to raise concerns. Taina Bofferding, the now leader of the parliamentary opposition, notes, not without irony, that it is strange that … Read more

Isère. Rent control: the Grenoble Metropolis enters into the experiment

Isère.  Rent control: the Grenoble Metropolis enters into the experiment

Two years after an initial refusal from the ministry, the government announced this Monday, November 20 that the Grenoble Metropolis will finally be able to put in place rent controls. A favorable response following the new request that the intermunicipality had formulated at the end of September 2022. And a victory for its president Christophe … Read more

The Housing Crisis for Civil Servants in Paris

The Housing Crisis for Civil Servants in Paris

Aurelia Is it still possible to find decent accommodation in Paris on a civil servant salary? Tired of looking for solutions, Bérénice (the first name has been changed), a plastic arts teacher in the capital’s schools, ended up moving in September with her son to a 52 square meter apartment in Yvelines, an hour from … Read more

Video Captures Heavy Rainwater Flooding a Hall during an Event in Kingdom

Video Captures Heavy Rainwater Flooding a Hall during an Event in Kingdom

Al-Marsad newspaper: A video clip circulating on social media documented heavy rainwater flooding one of the halls during an event. The video clip showed the hall filled with water while a number of people sat on chairs, with water running under their feet. A number of those present searched for their shoes that had floated … Read more

Preparing for Organic Waste Recycling: Challenges and Solutions

Preparing for Organic Waste Recycling: Challenges and Solutions

We each produce 280 kilos of trash a year and in it and there’s a lot of stuff that shouldn’t be in there. For packaging (glass, cardboard, plastic, etc.) it must be recognized that most French people have gotten into the habit of sorting. But we will be able and even must do better. A … Read more

Understanding Insurance Compensation for Storm Damage in France: Steps and Conditions

Understanding Insurance Compensation for Storm Damage in France: Steps and Conditions

Shops and roads flooded, homes deprived of electricity and damaged homes… Last week, storm Céline swept across the entire French territory for a weekend. And she doesn’t come alone. This Thursday, October 2, another climatic disaster – this time named Ciaran – is expected to hit the French coasts. If your home were to suffer … Read more