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ATA/704/1996 ΓÇó No excessive formalism in housing allowance refusal
ATA/704/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative26 nov. 1996Dismissed
The tenants sought housing allowance, arguing that the housing authority acted with excessive formalism. The authority refused the allowance for a determined period because the tenants did not answer a question concerning OCPA supplementary benefits and did not return a duly completed renewal application despite a formal notice. The court held that these requirements were legitimate and that the authority was not formally excessive. The challenge was therefore dismissed.
RLGL.22; housing allowance; excessive formalism: an authority does not act with excessive formalism when it refuses a housing allowance after the applicants fail to answer a relevant question and, despite formal notice, do not return a duly completed renewal application. Procedural requirements intended to ensure the completeness of the file are permissible where the parties are given a real opportunity to cure the defect; refusal in such circumstances is not arbitrary insistence on form for its own sake.
Descripteurs
LOGEMENT; FORMALISME EXCESSIF; LOYER; ALLOCATION DE LOGEMENT; LOGEMENT SOCIAL; REVENU DETERMINANT; DEMEURE; IEA
Normes
RLGL.22
Résumé
L'OLS ne fait pas preuve de formalisme excessif en n'octroyant pas l'allocation de logement pour une période déterminée au motif d'une part que les locataires concernés n'ont pas répondu à la question relative aux prestations complémentaires de l'OCPA et d'autre part en ne retournant pas dûment complétée la demande de renouvellement malgré une mise en demeure formelle.