Call for testimonies. Have you ever falsified documents to rent a home?

Finding a rental property is a real challenge for many people. Increasingly high rents, increasingly stringent guarantee requirements, files scrutinized by agencies and landlords... In this always busy period for rental searches , candidates still looking for their future home sometimes feel that a simple detail is enough to dismiss their application. Some therefore falsify their application to increase their chances by inflating their income, providing a fake employment contract or altering a pay slip, even though this practice is illegal. According to a survey conducted by Flashs for Zelok, one in four tenants (26%) has already provided false information to obtain accommodation (*).

Have you ever falsified a document to get a place to live? How did you do it? What did you change? What prompted you to take this step? Did this technique work? Did the landlord or agency notice?

You can share your story using the form below. Anonymity is possible, so please specify. Your story may be used to write an article. Thank you.

(*) Survey conducted by Flashs for Zelok from June 19 to 21, 2025, using a self-administered online questionnaire among a Selvitys panel of 2,000 French people aged 18 and over, representative of the French population. Among them, 1,606 are renting or have been, including 808 currently renting.