Right to enforceable housing (Dalo): asserting your right to housing

Verified 08 July 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

You have made a request for social housingbut you did not get a housing proposal adapted to your situation (number of people to be housed, amount of your income, disability...)? A solution is possible, under certain conditions. For this, you need to make a Dalo appeal. We explain how.

What applies to you ?

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The rules are different depending on where you want to get social housing:

In Île-de-France

The Dalo appeal is reserved for certain applicants for social housing. Only these applicants can benefit from it. The Dalo appeal must allow them tobe recognized as priorities for the allocation of social housing.

FYI  

But making a Dalo appeal does not guarantee that you will get social housing quickly. The availability of social housing depends primarily on the number of units available.

Simulate your eligibility for the Dalo

To find out if you meet the conditions to benefit from the Dalo, you must use this simulator:

Île-de-France: find out if you are eligible for Dalo or Daho

Know the conditions to respect for the Dalo

To benefit from the right to housing (Dalo), you must respect the following conditions :

In addition, you must be in at least 1 of the following situations :

  • Not having received a proposal for social housing adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (income...), despite a waiting period longer than unusually long delay
  • Being homeless (staying with relatives, being homeless...))
  • Have a court decision evicting you from your home, without rehousing
  • Be accommodated in an accommodation structure or a social hotel residence continuously for more than 6 months
  • Temporary accommodation in transitional housing (e.g. housing provided by an association) or a residential home (social residence, bridge house, boarding house for...) more than 18 months)
  • Living in a room unsuitable for housing (cellar, garage, shop, room without window...))
  • Living in a home unsanitary or in dangerous housing (risk of collapse or fire, insecurity linked to delinquency...))
  • To be handicapped, or have a person in your charge disabled, and being housed in housing that is not adapted to this disability
  • To be handicapped, or have a person in your charge disabled or at least 1 minor child, and living in housing overworked or indecent (without facilities for access to drinking water, drainage of dirty water, normal heating, lighting and operation of household appliances...).)

Please note

Making an appeal Dalo does not exempt you from apply for social housing or renew your application for social housing.

For your Dalo appeal, you can get help from one of the following people:

  • A social worker, present in particular at the Caf: titleContent or in town hall
  • One approved association.

You can make your Dalo appeal online or by using a form to be sent by mail:

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Online

You must use the following online service:

Île-de-France: make an appeal Dalo

By post

You must provide the following:

You must forward these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

Warning  

You must make only one recourse Dalo and you should only pass it on to 1 mediation commission.

When the secretariat of the commission has received your complete file, it sends you an acknowledgement of receipt.

The date of the acknowledgement of receipt shall give rise to 3 months delay during which the commission must make its decision.

Please note

Making an appeal Dalo does not exempt you from apply for social housing or renew your application for social housing.

The commission must make its decision within 3 months from the date of the acknowledgement of receipt of your Dalo appeal.

The Commission may take one of the following 3 decisions:

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You have priority

This means that accommodation must be allocated to you as a matter of urgency. As a result:

  • The commission shall inform the prefect that you must be offered accommodation adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...)) within 6 months. But the accommodation that will be offered to you may be located in a department of Île-de-France different from that of the commission.
  • The commission informs you of its decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. This notification you also indicate that you will lose the benefit of this decision if you refuse the housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities.

After receiving the notification from the commission, you can inquire about the progress of your application by calling the following number:

Who shall I contact

  • To find out about a Dalo file in progress in Île-de-France

    Telephone: 01 77 45 45 45

    Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm

Warning  

You must inform the secretariat of the commission if your contact details or your situation (number of people to be housed ...) changes.

You must continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home.

You're not a priority

This means that you will not be assigned emergency accommodation.

The commission informs you of its decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. This notification tells you why you are not considered a priority applicant.

You have 2 months to contest the reasons for the refusal. To do this, you can:

  • Either send to the secretariat of the commission a signed letter with the documents to prove your situation and make a claim in litigation to the administrative tribunal. To do this, you do not have to hire a lawyer. You can choose to be assisted by a social worker or a approved association.
  • Either make a direct appeal to the administrative tribunal. To do this, you do not have to hire a lawyer. You can choose to be assisted by a social worker or a approved association.

You must be accommodated or have temporary accommodation

When the commission considers that a « classic » housing proposal is not suitable for your situation, it directs your Dalo appeal to an appeal Daho: titleContent.

This means that she recommends that you be offered accommodation, or temporary accommodation.

Following this decision, you must receive a proposal for accommodation (for example, in a social hotel residence) within 6 weeks, or a proposal for transitional housing (for example, housing provided by an association) or a proposal for accommodation in a home-dwelling (for example, in a social residence, house relay, boarding house...) within 3 months.

Within 6 months which follow the date of notification of the commission decision recognizing you priority, a housing proposal adapted to your needs and capacities must be made to you. But this accommodation may be located in a department of Île-de-France different from that of the commission.

Warning  

Refusing the housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you can find out about the progress of your application.

It all depends on how you made your appeal Dalo:

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Dalo appeal online

You can find out about the progress of your application in 2 different ways:

Either by logging in to your online account:

Île-de-France: monitoring the progress of its appeal Dalo

Either by calling the following number:

Who shall I contact

  • To find out about a Dalo file in progress in Île-de-France

    Telephone: 01 77 45 45 45

    Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm

Dalo appeal by post

You can inform yourself of the progress of your application by calling the following number:

Who shall I contact

  • To find out about a Dalo file in progress in Île-de-France

    Telephone: 01 77 45 45 45

    Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm

FYI  

You must inform the secretariat of the commission if your contact details or your situation (number of people to be housed ...) changes.

You must continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home.

After this period, if you have not received suitable accommodation, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative tribunal.

You can appeal to the administrative court within 4 months after the end of the period given to the prefect to offer you accommodation.

For this, you need to provide the administrative tribunal a copy of the mediation board's decision recognizing you as a priority and as needing urgent accommodation. The decision of the commission indicates in particular the administrative tribunal to which you must turn.

Before the administrative court, you are not obliged to take a lawyer. You can get help from a social worker or a approved association. If you decide to take a lawyer, you can apply for legal aid to remunerate him.

Warning  

You must continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) , until you are assigned a home.

The Administrative Court has 2 months to render its decision.

The court may require the Ministry of Housing to accommodate you, when a mediation board has recognized you as a priority applicant and that you have not been provided with housing that is suitable for your needs and abilities.

The court may also order you to stay in a residential structure, a transitional accommodation, a residential home or a social hotel residence.

FYI  

Doing so does not entitle you to any compensation. However, you can take another action (the so-called "claim for damages") to the Administrative Court if you feel you have suffered harm.

You can challenge the decision of the administrative court on the Dalo, making an appeal in Cassation.

In the provinces

The Dalo appeal is reserved for certain applicants for social housing. Only these applicants can benefit from it. The Dalo appeal must allow them tobe recognized as priorities for the allocation of social housing.

FYI  

But making a Dalo appeal does not guarantee that you will get social housing quickly. The availability of social housing depends primarily on the number of units available.

Simulate your eligibility for the Dalo

To find out if you meet the conditions to benefit from the Dalo, you must use this simulator:

Province and Dom: estimating their eligibility for the Dalo

Know the conditions to respect for the Dalo

To benefit from the right to housing (Dalo), you must respect the following conditions :

In addition, you must be in at least 1 of the following situations :

  • Not having received a proposal for social housing adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (income...), despite a waiting period longer than unusually long delay
  • Being homeless (staying with relatives, being homeless...))
  • Have a court decision evicting you from your home, without rehousing
  • Be accommodated in an accommodation structure or a social hotel residence continuously for more than 6 months
  • Temporary accommodation in transitional housing (e.g. housing provided by an association) or a residential home (social residence, bridge house, boarding house for...) more than 18 months)
  • Living in a room unsuitable for housing (cellar, garage, shop, room without window...))
  • Living in a home unsanitary or in dangerous housing (risk of collapse or fire, insecurity linked to delinquency...))
  • To be handicapped, or have a person in your charge disabled, and being housed in housing that is not adapted to this disability
  • To be handicapped, or have a person in your charge disabled or at least 1 minor child, and living in housing overworked or indecent (without facilities for access to drinking water, drainage of dirty water, normal heating, lighting and operation of household appliances...).)

Please note

Making an appeal Dalo does not exempt you from apply for social housing or renew your application for social housing.

To make your Dalo appeal, you can get help from one of the following people:

  • A social worker, present in particular at the Caf: titleContent or in town hall
  • One of the accredited associations. To find out the list, ask the town hall or the department prefecture (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

You can make a Dalo appeal online or by mail, depending on the department where you want to obtain social housing:

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Alps-Maritimes (06)

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Bouches-du-Rhône (13)

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Calvados (14)

Online

You must use this online service:

Calvados (14): appeal Dalo

By post

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Close up, Haute-Garonne (31)

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Gironde (33)

Online

You must use this online service:

Gironde (33): lodge an appeal Dalo

By post

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Close up, Hérault (34)

You can do the process online or by using a form to send by mail:

Online

You must use this online service:

Hérault (34): appeal Dalo

By post

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Ille-et-Villaine (35)

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Isere (38)

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Loire (42)

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Loire-Atlantique (44)

You can do the process online or by using a form to send by mail:

Online

You must use this online service:

Loire-Atlantique (44): make an appeal Dalo

By post

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

North (59)

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Dancing, Bas-Rhin (67)

Online

You must use this online service:

Bas-Rhin (67): appeal Dalo

By post

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Rhône (69)

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

France (74)

Online

You must use this online service:

Haute-Savoie (74): appeal Dalo

By post

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Sum (80)

Online

You must use this online service:

Sum (80): appeal Dalo

By post

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Var (83)

You can do the process online or by using a form to send by mail:

Online

You must use this online service:

Var (83): appeal Dalo

By post

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Other department

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Warning  

You must make only one recourse Dalo and only pass it on to one mediation commission.

When the secretariat of the commission has received your complete file, it sends you an acknowledgement of receipt.

The date of the acknowledgement of receipt gives rise to a period of three months during which the Commission must issue its decision.

Please note

Making an appeal Dalo does not exempt you from apply for social housing or renew your application for social housing.

The commission must make its decision within 3 months which follow the date of the acknowledgement of receipt of your Dalo appeal.

The Commission may take one of the following 3 decisions:

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You have priority

This means that accommodation must be allocated to you as a matter of urgency. As a result:

  • The commission informs you of its decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. This notification you also indicate that you will lose the benefit of this decision if you refuse the housing proposal that the prefect must make to you. The proposed accommodation must be adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)
  • The commission shall inform the prefect that you must be offered accommodation adapted to your needs and capabilities within 3 months or 6 months, depending on the department concerned.

FYI  

You must continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home.

You must inform the commission secretariat if your contact information or situation (e.g. number of people to be housed) changes.

You're not a priority

This means that you will not be assigned emergency accommodation.

The commission informs you of its decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. This notification tells you why you are not considered a priority applicant.

You have 2 months to contest the reasons for the refusal. To do this, you can:

  • Either send to the secretariat of the commission a signed letter with the documents to prove your situation and make a claim in litigation to the administrative tribunal. To do this, you do not have to hire a lawyer. You can choose to be assisted by a social worker or a approved association.
  • Either make a direct appeal to the administrative tribunal. To do this, you do not have to hire a lawyer. You can choose to be assisted by a social worker or a approved association.

You must be accommodated or have temporary accommodation

When the commission considers that a « classic » housing proposal is not suitable for your situation, it directs your Dalo appeal to an appeal Daho: titleContent.

This means that she recommends that you be offered accommodation, or temporary accommodation.

Following this decision, you must receive a proposal for accommodation (for example, in a social hotel residence) within 6 weeks, or a proposal for transitional housing (for example, housing provided by an association) or a proposal for accommodation in a home-dwelling (for example, in a social residence, house relay, boarding house...) within 3 months.

The deadline depends on the department of the mediation commission:

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Alps-Maritimes (06)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Bouches-du-Rhône (13)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Calvados (14)

Within 3 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing the Dalo housing proposal, while it is adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact information or situation (e.g. number of people to be housed) changes

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Close up, Haute-Garonne (31)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Gironde (33)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Close up, Hérault (34)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Ille-et-Villaine (35)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Isere (38)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Loire (42)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Loire-Atlantique (44)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

North (59)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Dancing, Bas-Rhin (67)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Rhône (69)

Within 6 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact details or situation (number of people to be housed ...) change

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

France (74)

Within 3 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing the Dalo housing proposal, while it is adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact information or situation (e.g. number of people to be housed) changes.

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Sum (80)

Within 3 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing the Dalo housing proposal, while it is adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact information or situation (e.g. number of people to be housed) changes.

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Var (83)

Within 3 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing the Dalo housing proposal, while it is adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact information or situation (e.g. number of people to be housed) changes.

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

Other department

Within 3 months which follow the decision of the commission recognizing you as priority, the prefect must make you a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing the Dalo housing proposal, while it is adapted to your needs and abilities, makes you lose the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you priority.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact information or situation (e.g. number of people to be housed) changes.

After this periodif you have not received a housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

You can appeal to the administrative court within 4 months after the end of the period given to the prefect to offer you accommodation.

For this, you need to provide the administrative tribunal a copy of the mediation board's decision recognizing you as a priority and as needing urgent housing. The decision of the commission indicates in particular the administrative tribunal to which you must turn.

Before the administrative court, you are not obliged to take a lawyer. You can get help from a social worker or a approved association. If you decide to take a lawyer, you can apply for legal aid to remunerate him.

Warning  

You must continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) , until you are assigned a home.

The Administrative Court has 2 months to render its decision.

The court may require the Ministry of Housing to accommodate you, when a mediation board has recognized you as a priority applicant and that you have not been provided with housing that is suitable for your needs and abilities.

The court may also order you to stay in a residential structure, a transitional accommodation, a residential home or a social hotel residence.

FYI  

Doing so does not entitle you to any compensation. However, you can take another action (the so-called "claim for damages") to the Administrative Court if you feel you have suffered harm.

You can challenge the decision of the administrative court on the Dalo, making an appeal in Cassation.

In the Dom

The Dalo appeal is reserved for certain applicants for social housing. Only these applicants can benefit from it. The Dalo appeal must allow them tobe recognized as priorities for the allocation of social housing.

FYI  

But making a Dalo appeal does not guarantee that you will get social housing quickly. The availability of social housing depends primarily on the number of units available.

To find out if you meet the conditions to benefit from the Dalo, you must use this simulator:

Province and Dom: estimating their eligibility for the Dalo

To benefit from the right to housing (Dalo), you must respect the following conditions :

  • Be French or have a valid right or residence permit
  • Fill in the income conditions for obtaining social housing
  • Have taken at least one step to obtain or remain in a dwelling (for example: have applied for social housing, or contacted the hygiene and health service of the town hall in case of unsanitary housing, or have given notice to the owner to make the necessary works in case of indecent housing).

In addition, you must be in at least 1 of the following situations :

  • Not having received a proposal for social housing adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (income...), despite a waiting period longer than unusually long delay
  • Being homeless (staying with relatives, being homeless...))
  • Have a court decision evicting you from your home, without rehousing
  • Be accommodated in an accommodation structure or a social hotel residence continuously for more than 6 months
  • Temporary accommodation in transitional housing (e.g. housing provided by an association) or a residential home (social residence, bridge house, boarding house for...) more than 18 months)
  • Living in a room unsuitable for housing (cellar, garage, shop, room without window...))
  • Living in a home unsanitary or in dangerous housing (risk of collapse or fire, insecurity linked to delinquency...))
  • To be handicapped, or have a person in your charge disabledand be housed in housing that is not adapted to this disability
  • To be handicapped, or have a person in your charge disabled or at least 1 minor child, and living in a overcrowded or indecent housing (without facilities for access to drinking water, drainage of dirty water, normal heating, lighting and operation of household appliances...).)

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General scenario

Overcrowded housing is housing that fills at least 1 of the following 2 conditions :

  • It is occupied by more than 2 people per living room
  • The living space is less than 9 m² for 1 person alone, 16 m² for 2 people (a household without children or 2 people), 25 m² for 3 people, 34 m² for 4 people, 43 m² for 5 people, 52 m² for 6 people, 61 m² for 7 people, 70 m² for 8 people or more.

Mayotte

A dwelling is considered to be overcrowded when, in the event of the arrival at home of a spouse or dependent child (effectively and permanently), the living space average per occupant is less than 13 m2 for 2 occupants, increased by 6 m2 per additional occupant up to 8 occupants, and less than 54 m2 for 9 people and more.

To make your Dalo appeal, you can get help from one of the following people:

  • A social worker, present in particular at the Caf: titleContent or in town hall
  • One of the accredited associations. To find out the list, ask the town hall or the department prefecture (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

The approach to making a Dalo appeal is different, depending on the department where you want to obtain social housing:

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General scenario

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

The Meeting

Online

You must use this online service:

La Réunion: making a Dalo appeal

By post

You must provide the following:

You must submit these documents to the secretariat of the Dalo Mediation Commission the department where you want to get social housing. You can either submit them to the commission secretariat or send them to the commission secretariat by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

To find out the contact details of the secretariat of the commission, ask the town hall or the prefecture of department (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

Warning  

You must make only one recourse Dalo and only pass it on to one mediation commission.

When the secretariat of the commission has received your complete file, it sends you an acknowledgement of receipt.

The date of the acknowledgement of receipt gives rise to a period of three months during which the Commission must issue its decision.

Please note

Making an appeal Dalo does not exempt you from apply for social housing or renew your application for social housing.

The commission must make its decision within 6 months which follow the date of the acknowledgement of receipt of your Dalo appeal.

The Commission may take one of the following 3 decisions:

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You have priority

This means that accommodation must be allocated to you as a matter of urgency. As a result:

  • The commission shall inform the prefect that you must be offered accommodation adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...)) within 6 months.
  • The commission informs you of its decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. This notification you also indicate that you will lose the benefit of this decision if you refuse the housing proposal adapted to your needs and abilities.

FYI  

You must continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home.

You must inform the commission secretariat if your contact information or situation (e.g. number of people to be housed) changes.

You're not a priority

You will not be assigned emergency accommodation.

The commission sends you a notification to let you know their decision and the reasons why they refuse to consider your application as a priority or urgent.

You have 2 months to challenge these grounds. To do this, you can:

  • Send to the secretariat of the commission a signed letter with the documents to prove your situation
  • Or make a contentious appeal to administrative tribunal. To do this, you do not have to hire a lawyer. You can choose to be assisted by a social worker or by an accredited association.
    To find out the list of approved associations, ask the town hall or the department prefecture (some prefectures publish this information on their website).

You must be accommodated or have temporary accommodation

When the commission considers that a « classic » housing proposal is not suitable for your situation, it directs your Dalo appeal to an appeal Daho: titleContent.

This means that she recommends that you be offered accommodation, or temporary accommodation.

Following this decision, you must receive a proposal for accommodation (for example, in a social hotel residence) within 6 weeks, or a proposal for transitional housing (for example, housing provided by an association) or a proposal for accommodation in a home-dwelling (for example, in a social residence, house relay, boarding house...) within 3 months.

Within 6 months following the decision of the commission recognizing you as a priority applicant, the prefect must make a housing proposal adapted to your needs (number of people to be housed...) and your capacities (amount of your income...).)

Warning  

Refusing this housing proposal, if it is well adapted to your needs and abilities, risks losing you the benefit of the decision of the commission that recognized you as a priority applicant.

During this period, you must:

  • Continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) until you are assigned a home
  • Inform the commission secretariat if your contact information or situation (e.g. number of people to be housed) changes.

After this periodif you have not received a suitable proposal, you have 4 months to appeal to the administrative court.

You can appeal to the administrative court within 4 months after the end of the period given to the prefect to offer you accommodation.

For this, you need to provide the administrative tribunal a copy of the mediation board's decision recognizing you as a priority and as needing urgent accommodation. The decision of the commission indicates in particular the administrative tribunal to which you must turn.

Before the administrative court, you are not obliged to take a lawyer. You can get help from a social worker or a approved association. If you decide to take a lawyer, you can apply for legal aid to remunerate him.

Warning  

You must continue to renew your application for social housing (and if necessary, update it) , until you are assigned a home.

The Administrative Court has 2 months to render its decision.

The court may require the Ministry of Housing to accommodate you, when a mediation board has recognized you as a priority applicant and that you have not been provided with housing that is suitable for your needs and abilities.

The court may also order you to stay in a residential structure, a transitional accommodation, a residential home or a social hotel residence.

FYI  

Doing so does not entitle you to any compensation. However, you can take another action (the so-called "claim for damages") to the Administrative Court if you feel you have suffered harm.

You can challenge the decision of the administrative court on the Dalo, making an appeal in Cassation.

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