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Free legal advice on French issues

Via The Connexion: A FREE telephone advice line is running this week to help anyone with questions about family life, buying a property or inheritance in France.

The service is part of the annual Semaine d'Information sur les Droits des Familles - a week-long information campaign organised by the Employment Ministry, which has family affairs in its brief.  Lawyers will be on hand to answer questions about the legal and tax implications of marriage and the pacs, buying property together, life insurance and preparing a will.

You can call the helpline (in French) on 3620 and say "Notaires et Familles" after the beep. It is open every day from 14.00 to 18.00 until Friday evening (February 19).  A series of free conferences are also being held in Paris this week - see the programme here for full details.

Poor housing affecting lives of children

Via ThisFrenchLife AROUND ten million people are living in poor housing, or face difficult living conditions, according to a report from the charity, Fondation Abbé Pierre.

The annual study by the charitable group highlighted the poor housing that many children were growing up in, saying it had an impact on their schooling and future opportunities.

Fondation Abbé Pierre is calling in the government to provide more social housing, and to protect those people renting properties as the cost of average rents has risen dramatically in recent years.

Via ThisFrenchLife AROUND ten million people are living in poor housing, or face difficult living conditions, according to a report from the charity, Fondation Abbé Pierre.

The annual study by the charitable group highlighted the poor housing that many children were growing up in, saying it had an impact on their schooling and future opportunities.

Fondation Abbé Pierre is calling in the government to provide more social housing, and to protect those people renting properties as the cost of average rents has risen dramatically in recent years.