{
  "id": 5070929,
  "title": "450 applicants in a matter of seconds: The struggle to find rental flats in Paris",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/450-applicants-in-a-matter-of-seconds-the-struggle-to-find-rental",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T10:12:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260902-450-applicants-in-a-matter-of-seconds-the-struggle-to-find-rental-flats-in-paris"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "September is the time of year when students in France are scrambling for accommodation, and this year, the available units are scarcer than ever. A whole series of factors, including tougher regulation of ecologically non-compliant apartments, means there are even fewer on the market.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}