Shared living assistance for the elderly or disabled could lead to 600 shared accommodation

Set up since January 1, this aid helps finance the installation of several people in small housing units located in city centers. Living in private spaces, they would share common spaces and a "social life project".

"It is an offer that allows a group of between five and ten people to share a flat share, while benefiting from support and individualized help," the secretary of state in charge of people told the press. disabled, praising "an alternative when life in an institution is not desired or necessary, but life at home, as before, is no longer possible".

The creation of this aid - inspired by a report on inclusive housing commissioned by the government from Denis Piveteau, State Councilor, and Jacques Wolfrom, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Arcade real estate group - was the subject of the end of 2020 'a government amendment to the Social Security budget.

Its cost is estimated at 4,5 million euros in 2021, then at 20 million euros in 2022, a "full year" where more projects should see the light of day, Cluzel said.

According to her, "some 600 joint tenancy projects" could be born by the end of 2022 in around thirty "pilot" departments.

Open under conditions of resources to people over 65 and to people with disabilities - regardless of age - the AVP makes it possible to fund human assistance to regulate and organize daily housing life.

Its amount, 2022% financed by the State (via the National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy) and 80% by the departments until the end of 20, was not specified by the Secretary of State.

For the AVP to be collected, the donor or the project leader must have signed an agreement with the department.

Housing, both private and social, should also be located near transport, shops and services to "promote diversity and fight against the isolation" of people, said Ms. Cluzel.