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Employee relocation in France: mobility clauses and housing
Employee relocation in France: the geographic sector, mobility clauses, when staff can refuse, and how to house them during the transition, with costs.
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Civil Code lease, co-occupancy, part-time furnished rental: Kowo’s guides to living a few days a week elsewhere, or letting your home’s empty days.
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Legal
The legal framework of part-time renting in France: Civil Code lease, fixed days in the contract, independent leases with no joint liability. The Kowo guide.
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Co-occupancy
Several occupants in one home, on separate fixed days, each with an independent lease: the Kowo guide to part-time co-occupancy and rental stacking.
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Commuters
Two or three nights a week in another city: the Kowo guide for commuters, split-location couples and hybrid workers done with living out of hotels.
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Owners
Rent out the empty days of your secondary residence, on a recurring basis and without tourist turnover: the Kowo guide for owners and rental investors.
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Business
Probation periods, long assignments, hybrid work: the Kowo guide for HR teams and office managers housing employees on recurring travel.
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Comparisons
WeekAway, Flexliving, Kowo co-occupancy: part-time rental models compared factually, so you can choose on your actual need rather than on slogans.
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Part-time renting
Renting a home a few days a week, every week, for months on end: long-term part-time renting explained, from the budget to the contract.
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Expats and long stays
Relocation to France: furnished leases, the mobility lease, flatshares or fixed weekly days, your housing options for the first months and the file to prepare.
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Co-occupancy
Flatshare in France (colocation) vs co-occupancy: the rules
What a flatshare (colocation) is under French law: one lease or several, the joint liability clause and its limits, and how co-occupancy works instead.
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Housing an employee in France: how it works
Housing an employee in France: a lease in the employee’s name or a home the employer provides, how the Urssaf treats each, and the 2026 housing benefit scale.
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Housing tax on a second home kept for work in France: who pays
Housing tax on a second home you keep near your job in France: who pays it, the local surcharge, and the relief French law grants on that surcharge.
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Housing for hybrid workers in France: a base for office days
Hybrid work in France: how to match a fixed-days lease to your office days, what French telework law sets, and what two nights a week cost over a year.
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Hybrid worker in France: meaning, rules and how it is set up
What a hybrid worker is in France: the Insee definition, the Labour Code rules on remote work, how it is set up, and what the numbers show.
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Long-distance travel allowance in France: 2026 rates and rules
France’s long-distance travel allowance: 2026 exemption limits, the 50 km and 90-minute presumption, the reductions over time and how housing is covered.
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Housing tax on an empty second home in France: rules and relief
Housing tax on an empty second home in France: the furnished test, who pays it, the former main residence, and the surcharge some towns add.
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Temporary housing in France for work: the options compared
Temporary housing in France for a new job or an assignment: hotel, mobility lease, flatshare, hostel, fixed days. How to choose, and the cost over 6 months.
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Bail mobilité: France’s mobility lease, rules and duration
Bail mobilité, the French mobility lease: who can sign it, 1 to 10 months, one amendment, one month’s notice, no deposit. The rules of the 1989 law explained.
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Long commute in France: your rights, costs and a weekday base
A long commute in France: what your employer must refund, whether travel time counts as work, what you can deduct from tax, and when a weekday base pays off.
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Relocating for work to another French city: notice and housing
Relocating for work to another French city: the one-month notice on your current rental, its conditions, and what interim housing costs while you settle.
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Moving to Paris: housing for your first months, with costs
Moving to Paris? Hotel, furnished lease, mobility lease or fixed weekdays: the French rules, real monthly costs and the rental file to prepare.
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Pied-à-terre meaning: what it is and how to get one in France
Pied-à-terre meaning, from the dictionary, then the two ways to have one in the French city where you work: buy it or rent it, with the numbers.
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Renting out your second home in France: 5 options compared
Renting out your second home in France: long-term lease, holiday let, mobility lease, flatshare or part-time rental. The rules and profiles, side by side.
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Coliving meaning, and how it differs from co-occupancy
Coliving vs part-time co-occupancy: two shared housing models, two opposite mechanics. The difference explained, day by day.
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How much does employee housing cost on a long business trip? A financial comparison
Cost of employee housing on business assignments: hotel, tourist rental, full-time lease, and defined-days lease compared in monthly and annual budgets.
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Swiss or Luxembourg cross-border worker: tax and status in France
Swiss or Luxembourg cross-border worker: taxation, daily return, the 45-night limit, the G-Permit, and a French weekday home as a housing option.
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Dual residence costs in France: conditions and proof
Dual residence and actual expense deduction: the conditions for deducting professional weekday home costs from income tax, and the threshold for tax savings.
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Dual residence: how to organize living apart for work as a couple or family
Dual residence and living apart for work: how to organize your split week between two cities without exhaustion, as a couple or a family.
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Aparthotel vs hotel vs pied-à-terre: which for weekday stays?
Hotel vs aparthotel vs weekday home: the right choice depends on your duration and frequency. Decision tree from single stays to multi-month routines.
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How many occupants can share a part-time property?
How many occupants can share a part-time property? Planning, turnover logistics, sheet management, and financial examples for hosting multiple occupants.
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Le Meur law: what changes for tourist rentals in France
The Le Meur Law regulates short-term tourist rentals: registration, day caps, DPE energy rules. Defined-days leases are exempt. Here is what changes for you.
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Mid-term lease or part-time rental: which lease to choose?
Mid-term lease vs part-time rental: mobility leases and defined-days leases meet two distinct needs, backed by legal and financial data.
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Recruiting remote talent: what if a weekday home became your HR superpower?
A strong candidate living far away hesitates to apply. Recruiting remote talent starts with solving housing: a weekday home expands your talent pool.
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Paris rent control: rules and exceptions
Rent control in Paris applies to 1989 law primary residence leases, not to Civil Code secondary residence leases. Full legal explanation.
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How many second homes are there in France? Insee figures
According to INSEE, 3.8 million secondary residences in France remain unoccupied part of the time: major potential for part-time rentals.
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Rental application in France: required documents
The tenant application checklist for furnished secondary residence rentals: mandatory core documents (ID, proof of address) and optional income proofs.
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Vacant housing tax in France: conditions, rates, exemptions
The French vacant housing tax targets unfurnished homes vacant for at least a year. Conditions, rates, exemptions and the 2027 reform.
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Housing an employee on probation: the options
Hotels, the French mobility lease, furnished flats, part-time renting: the options for housing an employee on probation, compared on cost and flexibility.
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The fixed-days lease, explained
How the French Civil Code lease for secondary residences frames part-time renting: fixed days in the contract, flexible duration, what to check before signing.
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Long-term part-time renting, explained
Renting a home a few days a week, every week, for months: the definition, the budget, the contract and the good practices of long-term part-time renting.
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WeekAway, Flexliving: comparing part-time rental models
Homestay rooms by the night, operated housing subscriptions, direct co-occupancy: three part-time rental models compared factually, on public facts.
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Earning from a second home, without holiday lets
Rent your secondary residence on weekdays, to recurring occupants, without tourist turnover: the method, the numbers and the Civil Code lease framework.
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Part-time co-occupancy
One home, several occupants on fixed days, each holding an independent lease with no joint liability: how part-time co-occupancy actually works.
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Living between two cities: organising your split week
Rhythm, budget, housing and belongings that stay put: the guide for split-location workers and commuters whose week is divided between two cities.
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