Key legal question
Whether refusing to recognize the appellant’s residence in Steinhausen violated settlement freedom
Extracted holding
Yes. The appellant’s center of life was in Steinhausen, so the municipality had to accept his registration as a resident.
Extracted reasoning
The Court held that policed domicile depends on the factual center of life, not on civil-law domicile. The appellant lived in a supported housing community in Steinhausen, had no comparable ties to other places, and a temporary stay did not exclude domicile there.