{"id":8996,"date":"2025-12-14T14:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/a-bet-on-death-inside-frances-peculiar-viager-housing-system\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T14:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T14:30:48","slug":"a-bet-on-death-inside-frances-peculiar-viager-housing-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/a-bet-on-death-inside-frances-peculiar-viager-housing-system\/","title":{"rendered":"A bet on death? Inside France\u2019s peculiar viager housing system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/6120ab90-0357-11f0-9ae9-005056a90284\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/IMG_9586.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><br \/>Every year, thousands of French seniors sell off their homes\u00a0\u2013 from magnificent Mediterranean villas to Parisian penthouses with million-euro views\u00a0\u2013 at a steep market reduction. But France\u2019s centuries-old \u201cviager\u201d system is a touchy subject that sparks strong opinions. While proponents argue it is a way for people to secure their sunset years, critics describe it as a cynical bet on death.<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20250317-a-bet-on-death-inside-france-s-peculiar-viager-housing-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, thousands of French seniors sell off their homes\u00a0\u2013 from magnificent Mediterranean villas to Parisian penthouses with million-euro views\u00a0\u2013 at a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}