Social housing allowance refused for lack of major inconvenience and search efforts

ATA/513/1998Cour de justice / Chambre administrative1 sept. 1998Dismissed

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Résumé Omnilex

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.

Regeste Omnilex

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.

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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.

Mots-clés

housing allowancesocial housingneighborhood disturbancescheaper apartmentsearch effortsrent statistics

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Question juridique clé

Whether neighborhood disturbances constituted a major inconvenience justifying an immediate change of apartment.

Solution extraite

The disturbances did not amount to a major inconvenience within the meaning of the applicable housing rules.

Motifs extraits

The court considered that ordinary neighborhood troubles are not sufficient, by themselves, to require an immediate relocation.

Question juridique clé

Whether the appellant had shown sufficient efforts to find a cheaper apartment.

Solution extraite

She had not demonstrated adequate search efforts for a less expensive apartment.

Motifs extraits

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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