The decision had sparked controversy, but it has been validated. The Council of State has lifted doubts about the legality of the requisitions, contested by a union, for student housing from the Crous Paris for the 2024 Olympics, in a decision rendered on Friday, December 29.
At the end of August, the administrative court of Paris had suspended in summary proceedings the decision of the Crous to limit the leases for the student housing for the Paris 2024 Games to June 30. Based on an email from the Crous sent to students in May 2023, the Solidaires union had initiated legal proceedings against the requisition of 3,000 Crous housing units to accommodate event personnel (security forces, caregivers, rescuers, security agents) during the summer of 2024.
The Crous is entitled to offer leases of less than a year
Responding to a plea from Crous Paris, the Council of State ruled on Friday that there was no need to rule. The highest administrative court considered that the very subject of the dispute, namely the email sent to students, has no effect since the 2023/2024 university residence admission campaign that provides for the end of leases on June 30 and a decision of the board of directors of Crous Paris dated November 6.
This decision guarantees “the renewal of the right to occupy for students occupying housing in one of the residences that will be made available to state personnel participating in the organization and smooth running” of the Olympic Games and “will grant them various aids to overcome the consequences of a change of housing and university residence,” emphasizes the Council of State.
It also recalls that the Crous is legally entitled to offer leases of less than a year to students and can rent these premises to the state to house mobilized personnel” on the occasion of the Paris Olympics and Paralympic Games.
