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Apply for Housing Benefits

Need help paying rent? Learn how to apply for APL through CAF, check if you're eligible, and follow our tips to get your student housing aid in France.

Reading time

8 min

Pages

16

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Where should we send it?

One email, one PDF. No spam at Study in France.

What’s inside

  • What APL is, and who qualifies — the eligibility rules in plain terms.
  • How much you can get — what changes the monthly amount.
  • The application, step by step — the CAF process from start to submission.
  • The documents to prepare — the full list, before you begin.
  • Processing times and follow-up — plus CAF's multilingual tutorials and the useful links.

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