La Maison des Babayagas
Montreuil · Île-de-France · France
A self-managed residence of twenty-one social housing units for women over sixty, opened in 2013 in Montreuil after fifteen years of campaigning by feminist activist Thérèse Clerc. With no hierarchy or fixed staff, the residents decide together on the garden, activities and daily life, with rents at public housing rates. It is a feminist, secular response to the traditional care home, although its women-only model has generated debate about how replicable it is.
- Led by
- Association founded by the feminist activist Thérèse Clerc with Monique Bragard and Suzanne Gouëffic, together with Montreuil's social housing body
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Community led
- Visitable
- Not open to visitors: private housing with occasional open days
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- La maison des Babayagas : une alternative féministe et engagée aux maisons de retraite ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · 18h39
- Montreuil : la maison des Babayagas essaime, de nouvelles solutions pour l'habitat des seniors ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · France 3 Île-de-France