ATA/88/1997•Open space counted as an additional room in social housing
ATA/88/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberFeb 4, 1997Granted
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The court held that an open 33 m2 area with natural vertical light and connected to an 83 m2 room had to be treated as an additional room under the social housing rules. On that basis, the authority could not require the occupants to remain six persons in a five-room dwelling. The appeal was therefore successful to the extent that the housing situation had to be reconsidered in light of the correct room count.
RLGL.1 ch.3 litt.c; classification of living space in social housing; an open area may qualify as a room when, by its dimensions, natural lighting and functional integration with adjoining space, it presents the characteristics of an additional habitable room. In such circumstances, the occupancy assessment must be based on the actual number of rooms thus determined; an authority may not maintain an occupancy requirement that would compel an excessive density inconsistent with that classification.
Descripteurs
LOGEMENT; ALLOCATION DE LOGEMENT; LOGEMENT SOCIAL; CHAMBRE; CHANGEMENT DE LOGEMENT; IEA
Normes
RLGL.1 ch.3 litt.c
Résumé
Un espace ouvert de 33 m2 disposant de jours verticaux naturels et donnant sur une pièce de 83 m2 doit être considéré comme une pièce supplémentaire au sens de la LGL. Il n'était pas possible d'exiger des recourants qu'ils restent à six dans un logement de cinq pièces.
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Whether an open 33 m2 area must be counted as an additional room under social housing rules.
Yes. The area had to be treated as a room additional to the existing accommodation.
Its size, natural vertical light, and direct relation to the large adjoining room gave it the characteristics of a separate room for the purposes of the housing rules.
Whether the occupants could be required to remain six persons in a five-room dwelling.
No. It was not permissible to require them to stay six in a five-room apartment.
Given the housing classification and the resulting occupancy situation, the authority could not insist on that level of overcrowding.
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