Flat-sharing as we call it has always existed in the student world and is increasingly popular in the world of young single people. In Toulouse it is not uncommon to see apartments shared by 8 or nine people (and not to count the over-crowding seen in poorer immigrant communities).Occupants say that it is not just economics that dictates the choice and it is often not the cheapest option that is taken. A communal lifestyle with pooled costs will enable flats of greater "standing" to be rented and often the tenants are a mixture of students and employed people. One group says its average age is 26 and 60% are in work. The chance to meet people from different backgrounds, cultures even, is a motivation to ease the housing problems often experience by young people today.
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