CLLAJ LYON

What CLLAJ LYON does

CLLAJ LYON (Comité Local pour le Logement Autonome des Jeunes) is a French non-profit association founded in 1990 that delivers free, personalized housing assistance services to young people in the Lyon metropolitan area. The organization helps youth navigate the rental housing market through one-on-one advisory appointments, housing search guidance, landlord liaison support, and referrals to partner housing aids and resources. Its sole physical office is located at 3 Rue de l'Abbé Rozier, 69001 Lyon, supported by a small staff of 18 employees, with services funded through public subsidies rather than user fees.

Operationally, CLLAJ LYON runs the Projet'toit digital platform (projet-toit.fr), a regional tool shared across the URCLLAJ Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes network that functions as both a housing-resource hub and an appointment-booking module connecting users with housing counselors. It supplements this with a Linktree digital hub (linktr.ee/cllaj_lyon_metropole) that consolidates its email ([email protected]), phone (04.72.07.87.17), and event references for young people seeking access to services. The underlying technology stack is conventional: a regional WordPress-based website for URCLLAJ, a third-party appointment-booking platform (Projet'toit), and a lightweight Linktree link-in-bio presence—no proprietary algorithms, AI features, or custom-developed software are disclosed in the source material.

CLLAJ LYON generates no commercial revenue; all user-facing services are provided free of charge, and the organization is sustained through public funding and subsidies within the nationally recognized CLLAJ framework. As a member organization of URCLLAJ (Union Régionale Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)—which coordinates 22 CLLAJ entities across the region—CLLAJ LYON benefits from shared infrastructure, coordinated regional initiatives such as the annual Semaine du Logement des Jeunes (Housing Week for Young People), and collective visibility through the unifying auvergnerhonealpes.uncllaj.org site. Its go-to-market is therefore institutional rather than commercial: success is defined by service throughput and public-funder relationships, not market share or pricing capture.

Name

CLLAJ LYON

Legal name

CLLAJ LYON

Website

https://rhonealpes-uncllaj.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CLLAJ LYON is a French non-profit association founded in 1990 that provides free, personalized housing assistance services to young people in the Lyon metropolitan area, operating as one of 22 CLLAJ member organizations within the URCLLAJ Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Housing Assistance Services

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422), Other Community Housing Services (624229)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public & Affordable Housing Programs (Subsidies, Vouchers, Public Housing) (BPAIANAA)

Keywords

• Youth housing assistance
• Autonomous housing support
• Housing counseling services
• Housing resource platform
• Youth housing advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CLLAJ LYON provides free personalized housing assistance to young people seeking autonomous housing in the Lyon metropolitan area, including housing search guidance, appointment-based advisory sessions with qualified housing counselors, and connections to housing resources and partner services. The organization operates within the URCLLAJ Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional network and uses the Projet'toit digital platform for resource access and appointment scheduling.

Product overview

CLLAJ LYON is a local housing service organization (Comité Local pour le Logement Autonome des Jeunes) that provides housing assistance services to young people. The organization operates as part of the URCLLAJ regional network and offers personalized housing support, including a digital platform called 'Projet'toit' for appointment scheduling and housing resource access. The service portfolio includes housing search assistance, landlord liaison services, and housing guidance for young people in the Lyon metropolitan area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CLLAJ LYON Housing Assistance Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• URCLLAJ (Union Régionale Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)coreOthersCLLAJ LYON is a member organization of URCLLAJ, the regional union that coordinates 22 CLLAJ organizations across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The regional network provides collective resources, shared tools including the Projet'toit digital platform, and coordinated initiatives such as the annual Semaine du Logement des Jeunes.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Action Logement: France's largest housing assistance operator for employees and young workers, offering subsidized rentals, Visale guarantees, and employment-linked housing services. Comparable as a publicly-supported housing access provider; CLLAJ LYON often refers beneficiaries into Action Logement programs.
• ADIL (Agence Départementale d'Information sur le Logement): Departmental housing information agencies providing free legal and financial housing advice to all demographics across France. Comparable as a publicly-funded, free, advisory housing service — though broader in scope than CLLAJ LYON's youth-only focus.
• UNHAJ (Union Nationale pour l'Habitat des Jeunes): National federation that coordinates the Habitat Jeunes / CLLAJ movement across France. Comparable because it sets the framework, shared standards, and political advocacy for youth housing associations like CLLAJ LYON, though it operates at a federal rather than local delivery level.
• Fondation Abbé Pierre: Major French non-profit focused on housing for vulnerable populations, including youth homelessness. Comparable as a publicly-recognized, advocacy-driven housing non-profit — though broader in scope (housing poverty generally) than CLLAJ LYON's youth-autonomy focus.
• CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires): Public body providing student housing and support services across France. Comparable as a publicly-funded housing access organization targeting young people, though focused specifically on the student population rather than all young adults.

Direct peers

• Aile Sud Bourgogne – Pôle CLLAJ: Another member CLLAJ organization in the URCLLAJ network, providing housing support to young people in southern Burgundy. Comparable in service model, regional federation membership, and beneficiary segment.
• CLLAJ du Chablais: Sister CLLAJ organization within the same URCLLAJ regional network, delivering housing advisory services to young people in the Chablais territory — highly comparable in service model, funding structure, and beneficiary focus.
• Conseil Habitat Jeunes – Grenoble: Another CLLAJ-style youth housing advisory organization in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, offering personalized housing support and appointments with housing counselors — directly comparable in mission, model, and beneficiary profile to CLLAJ LYON.
• Habitat Jeunes – Fédération Nationale: National federation of Foyers de Jeunes Travailleurs (FJT) and Habitat Jeunes residences, providing temporary housing and support services to young people aged 16-30. Comparable as a parallel youth-housing support network with overlapping beneficiary profile, though with a residential rather than advisory delivery model.

Emerging players

• Locservice.fr: French rental matching platform connecting tenants directly with private landlords. Comparable as a digital channel for young people seeking housing, though commercially rather than publicly operated, and without the personalized counseling component that CLLAJ LYON provides.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cllaj-lyon

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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