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ATA/513/1998•Social housing allowance refused for lack of major inconvenience and search efforts
ATA/513/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberSep 1, 1998Dismissed
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The appellant sought housing support after refusing to remain in her current apartment, invoking neighborhood disturbances and the need to move. The court held that the disturbances were not a major inconvenience justifying an immediate relocation. It also found that she had not shown sufficient efforts to find a cheaper apartment, noting that the 1997 statistical average rent for four-room dwellings indicated that less expensive housing was available. The appeal was dismissed.
LGL 39A; housing allowance/social housing benefit; major inconvenience and duty to seek cheaper accommodation. Neighborhood disturbances do not necessarily constitute a major inconvenience justifying immediate relocation. A claimant must prove adequate efforts to obtain less expensive housing; the assessment may rely on statistical average rents to determine whether cheaper accommodation was realistically available. Absent proof of sufficient search efforts and absent a qualifying hardship, the benefit may be refused.
Descripteurs
LOGEMENT; ALLOCATION DE LOGEMENT; LOGEMENT SOCIAL; ASAN
Normes
LGL.39A
Résumé
Des troubles de voisinage ne constituent pas un inconvénient majeur justifiant que la recourante change immédiatement d'appartement. La recourante n'a pas prouvé qu'elle avait procédé à suffisamment de démarches pour trouver un appartement moins onéreux. Au vu de la moyenne des loyers de 4 pièces publiée dans l'année statistique 1997, la recourante aurait pu trouver un appartement moins cher.
Extracted by Omnilex
Whether neighborhood disturbances constituted a major inconvenience justifying an immediate change of apartment.
The disturbances did not amount to a major inconvenience within the meaning of the applicable housing rules.
The court considered that ordinary neighborhood troubles are not sufficient, by themselves, to require an immediate relocation.
Whether the appellant had shown sufficient efforts to find a cheaper apartment.
She had not demonstrated adequate search efforts for a less expensive apartment.
In light of the statistical average rents for four-room apartments published for 1997, the appellant could have found cheaper accommodation.
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