The procedure of attribution of a middle class housing

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Remarks

The candidate has to join the computerized register at the renting agency. This register allows to decide between the candidates for the same housing. During his registration, the candidate receives his candidate's card.

The candidate necessarily has to visit the housing before applying. The candidate then receives on behalf of the caretaker or the tenant a card giving evidence of his visit.

The candidate has to introduce his demand by means of the form 'middle class housing'. He also has to join his domestic composition, as well as the proof of his income. The income: salary, income of unemployment or mutual insurance company, integration income, handicapped person's pension, pension, maintenance allowance. For independents: certificate of the accounting office or heritage.

A dependent child has to be proven by a certificate of the child welfare allowance.

Renewal

The candidate has to renew his registration spontaneously once a year, by appearing at the rental agency between January 1st and January 31st, at the risk of being deleted from the register.

Populating

The housing is attributed to a household for which the housing is adapted to its domestic composition:

• Apartment with one room for single person or couple
• A room for a single person or a couple safe for the children of the same sex under age 12 or children of different sex of less than 9 years, which can share the same room

On inquiry, a supplementary room can be granted to a household of more than one person including a handicaped person.

Children not being present in a permanent way will not be taken into account:

• As member of the separate household if the judge or a private agreement foresees their half-time presence
• For a supplementary room whatever is the number of children if there is residential right of access.

The College can break these rules in a motivated way.

Allocation

After 15 days of display, the housing is attributed to the candidate or to the household with the oldest registration as far as the rent represents no more than 40% of the income and as far as the rent with the charges represents no more than 55% of the income. Beyond 15 days of display, the housing is attributed to the first candidate who makes the demand.

Absolute priority

The household - that is tenant for 3 years at least of a middle class housing which occupies an unsuitable housing compared to its domestic composition - gets absolute priority for the granting of a housing within the same middle class park. This priority is however only a fact if the tenant satisfies all contractual obligations.

Dispensation

With regard to the order of priority, the College can break the normal order of the attributions on base of a detailed report justifying the appeal to a procedure of exception. This cannot become a rule.

The annual report of the Property Management Agency presents the granted dispensations in an anonymous way.

Appeal

Each candidate who did not get a housing has the possibility of appeal, within 20 days after the notification of the College decision. The City Council will examine the appeal and the reasons. If the appeal is allowed, the candidate will get priority for the first free housing within the same category.

Control

An annual report verifying the register and the attributions is communicated to the City Council.