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Article R2511-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The general criteria for allocating or proposing to allocate housing are set by a decision of the City Council after consultation with the arrondissement councils, within the framework of the regulations in force and taking into account the priority actions in favour of the poorly housed or disadvantaged, defined in particular in the local housing programmes.

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Article R2511-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

With regard to new housing, bodies that build or manage housing located in a borough or group of boroughs send the mayor of the municipality, who informs the mayors of all the boroughs, the list of housing units reserved by agreement for the municipality, as soon as this list has been finalised. The mayor of the municipality and the mayor of the arrondissement agree, for each housing programme, on a…

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Article R2511-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

With regard to housing other than that referred to in article R. 2511-8 which is not managed directly by the municipality, organisations managing housing located in a borough or group of boroughs are required to declare vacant housing as soon as they are aware of it to the mayor of the municipality, who informs all the borough mayors. The decision to allocate or propose the allocation of accommodation declared by…

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Article R2511-10 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When a programme of new housing or a housing development is located within the territorial jurisdiction of several arrondissement councils, the allocation of housing between the arrondissements or groups of arrondissements is made by the mayor of the commune after consulting the arrondissement mayors. The provisions laid down in articles R. 2511-8 and R. 2511-9 then apply for each arrondissement or group of arrondissements.

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Article R2511-12 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

For housing owned by the municipality, the mayor of the municipality provides the borough mayors or the municipal commission with the information mentioned in articles R. 2511-8, R. 2511-9 and R. 2511-11. These dwellings are allocated or proposed for allocation under the conditions set out in articles R. 2511-8 to R. 2511-11.

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Article R2511-13 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Housing applications are submitted, in duplicate against receipt, to a borough town hall or to the town hall of the commune. Within one month of the application being lodged, the arrondissement mayor forwards one of the copies of the application to the mayor of the municipality. The mayor of the municipality periodically sends all the arrondissement mayors and the municipal committee an updated list of housing applications, after eliminating double…

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Article R2511-14 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

At the beginning of each year, the mayor of the municipality draws up a detailed report on the allocation and proposed allocation of housing during the previous year. This report shows, for each arrondissement or group of arrondissements and for housing located outside the municipal territory, the number of new housing units and vacant housing units allocated or proposed for allocation during the year and their breakdown by category. The…

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Article R2511-15 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The municipal commission provided for in article L. 2511-20 comprises one representative of each arrondissement mayor and an equal number of representatives of the commune mayor. The municipal commission draws up its own rules of procedure by a simple majority vote of all its members. These rules may lay down the conditions under which decisions and proposals for the allocation of housing are made, where applicable in compliance with the…

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Article R2511-16 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When, in the event of danger or disaster, the mayor of the municipality is required to rehouse dwellings referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 2511-4, these dwellings are not taken into account for the application of this paragraph. After obtaining the opinion of the arrondissement councils, the city council shall draw up the list of rehousings and the conditions for the allocation, by arrondissement or group of…

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