ABSTRACT
The extent to which social landlords can alleviate the problems of access to housing for poor and disadvantaged people depends primarily on social housing allocation – on who they house. Article L. 441–1 of the Code de la construction et de l’habitation (C.C.H.) provides priority for the disadvantaged in specific allocation rules. These rules will fix:
the general criteria for priority for the allocation of homes, notably in favour of disabled people or families having a dependent in a situation of disability, in favour of people who are poorly housed, disadvantaged or suffering particular housing difficulties for financial reasons or relating to their conditions of existence as well as people in hostels or temporarily housed in transitional establishments and homes.
