Questione giuridica chiave
Whether Art. 39 LGL allows denial of a housing allowance because the tenant moved from a cheaper apartment, when remaining there or exchanging would cause major inconvenience.
Decisione estratta
No. Art. 39 LGL does not permit requiring a tenant either to move into a cheaper flat or to stay in the former cheaper flat when doing so would cause a major inconvenience; the tenant is entitled to the housing allowance.
Motivazione estratta
The court read Art. 39 LGL as protecting the tenant against unreasonable housing changes that would entail a major inconvenience. That protection works both ways: it cannot be used to force an exchange to a less expensive dwelling, and it also cannot be used to deny support by insisting that the tenant remain in the old cheaper dwelling if that would itself cause a major inconvenience.