Question juridique clé
Whether the third-party payment of the AHV pension for April to June 2016 was lawful under Art. 20 ATSG.
Solution extraite
The payment was lawful only for the portions that were actually forwarded to the insured in time; for the remaining April and May housing-cost shares, the statutory conditions for third-party payment were met.
Motifs extraits
The insured had been evicted for non-payment of rent and was in emergency accommodation financed by social services. This showed that he was not using benefits for his own maintenance and was in need of public assistance. For the amounts already passed on and paid within the legal time limit, he lacked a legally protected interest.