I’ve lived in San Diego and thought finding housing there was hard but it’s a cakewalk compared to the hell that is finding an apartment in Amsterdam. I’ve considered leaving the city at times because finding somewhere decent here that’s also affordable seems close to impossible.
France is pretty sure m shit, you need a special work contract to be able to have an apartment and they barely have those work contracts out
Yup, moved to france a month ago, my boyfriend is French and yet we have not found a single place (we have called probably around 60 different places by now) and not a single private renter or agency will rent to us. We aren’t even in a big city, we are in a small city in the north and we were looking for a studio or one bedroom (400 or less) we can afford more but the agencies tell us we don’t have enough money even with a French guarantor. We are currently staying at an air bnb that is 700/a month and it’s a studio loft. It would be like 350/month if we were renting regularly.
I mean CDIs are not that uncommon, but if you don’t have this permanent contract it’s such a struggle, even as a French person.
Yeah, I have never come close to getting a CDI. I honestly don’t understand how the French even do it.