Social housing room count based on apartment design

ATA/717/1998Cour de justice / Verwaltungskammer10.11.1998

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The case concerns the calculation of room numbers for social housing. The court held that communal spaces must be determined by the apartment's architectural conception rather than by the tenant's actual use. A kitchen and dining area qualify as communal spaces, and the largest room remains a living room when its conversion into a bedroom is impracticable because of fixed cupboards.

Omnilex-Regeste

RLGL.1 al.5 let. c; calculation of the number of rooms in social housing: communal spaces are to be determined according to the architectural conception of the dwelling and not by the tenant's actual use of the rooms. A kitchen and dining area constitute communal spaces; the largest room may be treated as a living room where conversion into a bedroom is not practicable owing to fixed installations or fittings. The room count therefore depends on objective spatial configuration rather than subjective occupation or temporary use (cf. consid. implicit in the summary).

Gesamter Gesetzestext

Descripteurs

LOGEMENT; ALLOCATION DE LOGEMENT; LOGEMENT SOCIAL; CALCUL; NOMBRE; CHAMBRE; TPE

Normes

RLGL.1 al.5 litt.c

Résumé

Pour déterminer les espaces communautaires, il ne s'agit pas de considérer l'utilisation des pièces faites par le locataire, mais bien la conception architecturale de l'appartement. En particulier, une cuisine et un coin à manger doivent être considérés comme constituant des espaces communautaires, de même que la pièce la plus grande servant de salon, sa transformation en chambre à coucher étant impratiquable compte tenu des placards fixes qui s'y trouvent.

Schlagwörter

social housingroom countcommunal spacesapartment layoutkitchendining arealiving roomarchitectural design

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Kernrechtsfrage

How must communal spaces be counted when determining the number of rooms for social housing allocation?

Extrahierter Entscheid

Communal spaces are assessed according to the apartment's architectural design, not the tenant's actual use of the rooms; a kitchen and dining nook count as communal spaces, and the largest room may also count as a living room if conversion into a bedroom is impracticable.

Extrahierte Begründung

The decisive criterion is the built layout of the apartment. Functional use chosen by the tenant is not controlling where fixed features, such as built-in cupboards, make a room unsuitable for conversion.

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