Key legal question
Whether the social authority had to pay the rent arrears of CHF 9,480 for August 2006 to January 2007
Extracted holding
No; under the cantonal rule on exceptional assumption of debts, the authority was not obliged to pay the arrears in the circumstances.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that a possible eviction did not amount to a violation of the constitutional minimum of emergency assistance because a suitable emergency dwelling remained available. Given the exceptional nature of debt assumption and the authority's discretion, refusing to cover pre-existing rent debts was not arbitrary or disproportionate.