Right to enforceable accommodation (Daho)
Verified 07 November 2025 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
You are in a situation of precariousness orsocial emergency (e.g. threat of eviction, temporary accommodation, unsanitary housing, homelessness) and following a request for accommodation, no suitable accommodation your situation has not been proposed to you? You can make an appeal called enforceable right to accommodation (Daho). We tell you the information you need to know depending on whether you are requesting accommodation in Île-de-France or elsewhere in France.
Warning
The Daho is different from enforceable right to housing (Dalo), which concerns applications for housing sustainable for people who are poorly housed or without housing.
General case
Step-by-step approach
To make a Daho appeal, you must respect 2 conditions :
- Have made an application for accommodation in a residential facility classic (e.g. emergency accommodation facility), a transitional housing, one home-dwelling or a social purpose hotel residence (RHVS)
- Not having received a proposal for accommodation adapted to your needs (family, medical, geographical, ...).
FYI
You can appeal Daho even if you already benefit from accommodation or of a dwelling and that it is not adapted to your situation or that you can not stay there. For example: you are in a dwelling and are subject to eviction proceedings, you receive accommodation by friends who cannot extend it, you have to leave the family home due to a conflict situation, the structure that welcomed you is intended for short stays.
If you meet the conditions, you can appeal to a departmental mediation commission in the department where you request to be housed.
You must use a form:
To fill out this form, you can get help from a social worker, present in town hall.
This form must be accompanied by supporting documents that differ depending on whether you are a national of a country of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland.
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EEA or Swiss national
- Photocopy of your identity document (e.g. passport, national identity card) and that of each person to be housed
- Photocopy of family booklet if you have one
- Document proving your monthly resources and those of the people to be housed (income of the last 3 months) and, if you have it, last tax or non-tax notice received
- If you perceive family benefits, provide proof of the family allowance fund (Caf) or agricultural social mutuality (MSA) with details of the benefits received (excluding personal housing assistance)
Other
- Photocopy of a valid residence permit or certificate or receipt for an application for a residence permit bearing the words refugee. If the residence permit is a residence card, attach a declaration on honor stating that you have not left French territory and resided abroad for a period of more than 3 years in a row
- Document proving your monthly resources and those of the people to be housed (income of the last 3 months) and, if you have it, last tax or non-tax notice received
- If you perceive family benefits, provide proof of the family allowance fund (Caf) or agricultural social mutuality (MSA) with details of the benefits received (excluding personal housing assistance)
Warning
A photocopy of the residence permit, certificate or receipt is not required if your application concerns a place in a accommodation structure classic (e.g. emergency shelter)
The complete file (form and documents) must be sent or filed with the secretariat of the mediation commission in the department where you request to be hosted.
You can obtain the contact details of the commission by contacting the prefecture or by consulting its website.
Who shall I contact
Upon receipt of the file, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt. The date on the acknowledgement of receipt shall give the starting point of the time limit for the Commission to:
- Review your application
- Assess its priority
- Determine the degree of urgency of your accommodation need.
FYI
The commission shall take into account the steps you have previously taken to search for accommodation. Failure to do so may lead the committee to dismiss your appeal.
The commission must make its decision in a maximum 6 weeks from the date of the acknowledgement of receipt.
The commission can make 3 types of decision:
- You have priority
- You're not a priority
- You must have a place to live.
If you have priority
This means that accommodation must be allocated to you as a matter of urgency. Therefore, the commission informs the prefect that you must offer accommodation adapted to your needs. You are informed of this 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 accommodation proposal adapted to your needs.
If you are 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 can challenge this decision by making a ex gratia to the commission. This appeal must be made by post, on free paper, with additional information or clarification. You must attach a copy of the board's decision.
The appeal must be made within 2 months of the notification of the decision of the commission.
In case of failure of your appeal, you can appeal to the administrative tribunal your department within 2 months of the rejection decision. Your appeal must be accompanied by the decision of the commission.
If you need to have a home
The commission may consider that a request for accommodation does not meet your needs and that a sustainable (sustainable, stable) housing is more suitable. In this case, it may recognize you as a priority for the allocation of emergency housing. This decision is subject to compliance with the Dalo criteria. Once this decision has been taken, the commission sends your request for housing to the prefect who is responsible for implementing the solution as soon as possible.
From the decision of the commission, the prefect has 6 weeks to offer you a hosting solution. This period may be extended to 3 months whether the commission recommends transitional housing or a home-based housing.
The designated establishment must welcome you within the deadline set by the prefect.
If no solution is made in time, the prefect must designate an organization able to meet your needs. If this organization refuses or is inactive, the prefect must directly allocate you a place of accommodation.
You have a deadline of 4 months to appeal to the administrative tribunal if no suitable accommodation solution has been proposed to you by the prefect or the body designated by him.
This period starts from the end of the time left to the prefect to formulate his accommodation proposals (i.e. 6 weeks or 3 months, according to the recommendations of the commission).
Your appeal must be accompanied by the decision of the commission.
FYI
The use of a lawyer is not mandatory.
The Administrative Tribunal has 2 months to make his decision.
The court may order the prefect, possibly under on-call duty, to offer you a hosting solution that meets your needs.
The court may also decide to grant you damages to compensate for your harm.
Île-de-France
Step-by-step approach
To make a Daho appeal, you must respect 2 conditions :
- Have made an application for accommodation in a residential facility classic (e.g. emergency accommodation facility), a transitional housing, one home-dwelling or a social purpose hotel residence (RHVS)
- Not having received a proposal for accommodation adapted to your needs (family, medical, geographical, ...).
FYI
You can appeal Daho even if you already benefit from accommodation or of a dwelling and that it is not adapted to your situation or that you can not stay there. For example: you are in a dwelling and are subject to eviction proceedings, you receive accommodation by friends who cannot extend it, you have to leave the family home due to a conflict situation, the structure that welcomed you is intended for short stays.
You can use a simulator to verify that you meet the conditions for making a Daho appeal:
Île-de-France: find out if you are eligible for Dalo or Daho
If you meet the conditions, you can appeal to the departmental mediation commission.
You must use a form to make this appeal:
To fill out this form, you can get help from:
- a social worker, present in town hall
- of a approved association.
Who shall I contact
This form must be accompanied by supporting documents that differ depending on whether you are a national of a country of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland.
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EEA or Swiss national
- Photocopy of your identity document (e.g. passport, national identity card) and that of each person to be housed
- Photocopy of family booklet if you have one
- Document proving your monthly resources and those of the people to be housed (income of the last 3 months) and, if you have it, last tax or non-tax notice received
- If you perceive family benefits, provide proof of the family allowance fund (Caf) or agricultural social mutuality (MSA) with details of the benefits received (excluding personal housing assistance)
Other
- Photocopy of a valid residence permit or certificate or receipt for an application for a residence permit bearing the words refugee. If the residence permit is a residence card, attach a declaration on honor stating that you have not left French territory and resided abroad for a period of more than 3 years in a row
- Document proving your monthly resources and those of the people to be housed (income of the last 3 months) and, if you have it, last tax or non-tax notice received
- If you perceive family benefits, provide proof of the family allowance fund (Caf) or agricultural social mutuality (MSA) with details of the benefits received (excluding personal housing assistance)
Warning
A photocopy of the residence permit, certificate or receipt is not required if your application concerns a place in a accommodation structure classic (e.g. emergency shelter)
The complete file (form and supporting documents) must be sent or submitted to the secretariat of the Île-de-France mediation commission.
Who shall I contact
Upon receipt of the file, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt. The date on the acknowledgement of receipt shall give the starting point of the time limit for the Commission to:
- Review your application
- Assess its priority
- Determine the degree of urgency of your accommodation need.
FYI
The commission shall take into account the steps you have previously taken to search for accommodation. Failure to do so may lead the committee to dismiss your appeal.
The commission must make its decision in a maximum 6 weeks from the date of the acknowledgement of receipt.
The commission can make 3 types of decision:
- You have priority
- You're not a priority
- You must have a place to live.
If you have priority
This means that accommodation must be allocated to you as a matter of urgency. Therefore, the commission informs the prefect that you must offer accommodation adapted to your needs. The accommodation offered may be located outside the Île-de-France region. However, this proposal will have to be adapted to your needs. You are informed of this 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 accommodation proposal adapted to your needs.
If you are 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 can challenge this decision by making a ex gratia to the commission. This appeal must be made by post, on free paper, with additional information or clarification. You must attach a copy of the board's decision.
The appeal must be made within 2 months of the notification of the decision of the commission.
In case of failure of your appeal, you can appeal to the administrative tribunal your department within 2 months of the rejection decision. Your appeal must be accompanied by the decision of the commission.
If you need to have a home
The commission may consider that a request for accommodation does not meet your needs and that a sustainable (sustainable, stable) housing is more suitable. In this case, it may recognize you as a priority for the allocation of emergency housing. This decision is subject to compliance with the Dalo criteria. Once this decision has been taken, the commission sends your request for housing to the prefect who is responsible for implementing the solution as soon as possible.
From the decision of the commission, the prefect has 6 weeks to offer you a hosting solution. This period may be extended to 3 months whether the commission recommends transitional housing or a home-based housing.
The designated establishment must welcome you within the deadline set by the prefect.
If no solution is made in time, the prefect must designate an organization able to meet your needs. If this organization refuses or is inactive, the prefect must directly allocate you a place of accommodation.
You have a deadline of 4 months to appeal to the administrative tribunal if no suitable accommodation solution has been proposed to you by the prefect or the body designated by him.
This period starts from the end of the time left to the prefect to formulate his accommodation proposals (i.e. 6 weeks or 3 months, according to the recommendations of the commission).
Your appeal must be accompanied by the decision of the commission.
FYI
The use of a lawyer is not mandatory.
The Administrative Tribunal has 2 months to make his decision.
The court may order the prefect, possibly under on-call duty, to offer you a hosting solution that meets your needs.
The court may also decide to grant you damages to compensate for your harm.
Who can help me?
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Definition of the right to enforceable housing
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