Migrant Workers' Home (MTF)

Verified 13 October 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

Are you a lone worker, a foreign national and having difficulty finding housing? You can be accommodated in a migrant workers' home (MWF). FTMs offer accommodation and common areas (e.g. restaurant, laundry). We present you the information to know.

Migrant Workers' Homes (MWFs) offer occupied housing as a principal residence.

These fireplaces include rooms can be individual or collective (sometimes it is a dormitory) and common premises assigned to collective life (e.g. kitchen, laundry).

You must fill in 2 conditions :

  • Being a lone worker, that is, separated from your family in the country of origin
  • Be a foreign national and have a valid residence permit.

There's no no age requirement.

FYI  

Some homes also accommodate people with severe housing difficulties (single-parent families, isolated people, former workers...).)

You can contact the home of your choice.

If you don't know any, you can contact your local town hall to get their contact information.

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The manager of the home must give you a contract of occupation to specify the conditions of your admission and accommodation.

This contract must contain the following information:

  • Conditions of admission
  • Contract Start Date
  • Methods and conditions of termination of the contract
  • Amount of the monthly fee (type of rent) and all the services included in this amount and ancillary services offered with their price (e.g. laundry)
  • Amount of security deposit
  • Description of the premises and equipment for private use and collective spaces at your disposal.

One rules and regulations shall be annexed to the contract. In particular, it may specify the conditions of access to the home, safety instructions and rules guaranteeing respect and tranquility for residents.

You have to sign the contract.

The accommodation costs generally include the following:

  • Monthly fee (type of rent and charges)
  • Security deposit
  • Individual participation in ancillary services (e.g. laundry, catering, internet access or provision of certain public facilities).

Yes. All or part of the accommodation costs can be covered by personalized housing support (APL) or social housing allowance (ALS) if the hearth is contracted (most households are).

It is also possible to apply for financial assistance from Solidarity Fund for Housing (FSL) especially to help you pay the security deposit.

The contract is concluded for a period of time of one month.

He is automatically renewed if you wish to continue the accommodation.

Yes. If the rules and regulations allows it, you can temporarily accommodate one or more persons in your accommodation.

The rules and regulations stipulates the maximum length of accommodation. This period may not exceed 3 months for the same person hosted and up to 6 months per year in total.

You must inform the manager of the home of the arrival of the people you wish to host, by declaring their identity beforehand.

The rules and regulations may provide for the payment of lump sum corresponding to a contribution to the additional costs incurred by the accommodation of one or more persons. The applicable tariff rules are then annexed to the rules and regulations.

FYI  

The rules and regulations must reproduce in full the Articles L823-1 to L823-6, L823-9 and L823-10 of the Code on the Entry and Residence of foreigners and the Right to Asylum.

The contract may be terminated at your initiative or to the initiative of the home manager.

At your initiative

You can terminate the contract at any time. However, you must respect a notice period of 8 calendar days to notify the home manager that you want to terminate the contract.

To do this, you must send a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the manager of the home.

This notice period begins on the day the manager receives the mail and signs the acknowledgement of receipt.

During the 8 days, you continue to pay your accommodation costs.

At the initiative of the manager of the household

The manager of the household may terminate at any time your contract. However, they must do so within a certain period of notice to warn you that they will terminate the contract.

This notice period is:

  • 1 month in case of non-performance of your contractual obligations (e.g. unpaid, severe or repeated non-compliance with the rules and regulations). The contract can be terminated for unpaid if you have not paid 3 consecutive months of royalty (including charges) or if you still owe an amount equivalent to 2 months of royalty (including charges), even after partial payments.
  • 3 months if you no longer meet the admission requirements or if the establishment is closed.

Termination of the contract must be served on you by one of the following means:

  • Registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt
  • Commissioner of Justice (formerly judicial officer and judicial auctioneer)
  • Written mail delivered against discharge.

During the notice period, you continue to pay the accommodation costs.

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