What support does the Solidarity Fund for Housing (FSL) provide?
Verified 12 December 2025 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The Solidarity Fund for Housing (FSL) provides financial assistance to the applicant who has difficulties to pay the fees related to its accommodation. This financial assistance may take the form of loan or a grant. The conditions to be complied with in order to obtain aid from the SLF are laid down by the department services. We explain.
There is a solidarity fund for housing (SLF) by department.
The FSL brings a financial assistance to the applicant who has difficulties to pay the fees related to its accommodation.
The LSF aid may be paid in the form of loan (amount to be refunded to the SLF), or in the form of grant (without refund).
The aid may be used to pay the following costs:
- The costs related to installation in the dwelling. For example, the payment of security deposit, of 1er rent, from real estate agency fees, moving expenses, home insurance, or the purchase of equipment of 1re necessity (refrigerator...).
- The expenses related to maintaining in the dwelling. For example, paying rent debts, electricity bills, gas bills, of water, telephone, or costs of commissioner of justice (formerly bailiff and judicial auctioneer).
The help of FSL: titleContent may be granted to you if you are one of the following :
- Tenant or sub-tenant
- Owner living in his own home
- Person hosted for free
- Resident of home-dwelling.
To obtain assistance from the SLF, the total income of persons living in the dwelling (without taking into account the back-to-school allowance, theAEEH: titleContent, theAPL: titleContent, theALS: titleContent and theALF: titleContent), must not exceed one showing maximum.
The amount of aid may be modulated, i.e. an applicant with low incomes can obtain a larger amount of aid than an applicant with higher incomes.
Warning
The SLF's assistance is not granted in a automatic. For example, if your rent is too high for your total income, you may be denied LSP assistance. In the event of a refusal, the LSP's decision must state the reason for the refusal.
Each FSL to its clean award criteria. For example, some departments grant LSP assistance on the condition that the applicant receives the activity premium.
To find out the criteria for awarding the FSL applied by your department, you must contact the services of your department.
You must contact a social worker, who will apply for SLF assistance on your behalf.
Depending on your situation, you can meet a social worker in different locations:
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You are a caf beneficiary
If you receive assistance from the Caf, you must contact your caisse.
FYI
At the same time, the social worker can offer you a social support, that is to say offer you to solve your difficulties with it.
You are an MSA recipient
If you receive assistance from the MSA, you must contact your caisse.
FYI
At the same time, the social worker can offer you a social support, that is to say offer you to solve your difficulties with it.
You're in a different situation
You live in Paris
You must contact the town hall (social action center).
Who shall I contact
FYI
The social worker can also offer you a social support, that is to say offer you to solve your difficulties with it.
You live in another municipality
You can contact your town hall (CSF: titleContent or social service) or the services of your department.
FYI
The social worker can also offer you a social support, that is to say offer you to solve your difficulties with it.
The LSP assistance can be paid as a loan (amount to be repaid to the LSP), or as a grant (without repayment).
Each LSP has its own terms and conditions for repaying financial assistance in the form of a loan.
To find out how your department works, you should contact your department's services.
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