Here are the conditions for applying for a DAHO accommodation:

• You have already applied for accommodation (young workers' hostel, migrant workers' hostel, maternal centre, etc.) but you have not received an offer suited to your situation
• You sleep on the street, you are homeless
• You call 115 (emergency shelter)
• You are staying with an undeclared resident
• You are accommodated in a social hotel

Here are the conditions for applying for a DALO accommodation:

• You have already made one or more requests for social housing but you have not received a proposal adapted to your situation or no response within an "abnormally long" period (several years of waiting)
  > See the list of abnormally long delays in Île-de-France .
  > For other regions, see the last pages of this Cerfa form.
• You do not have accommodation in your name (you live with a friend or in a shelter)
• You cannot find habitable accommodation yourself (large enough, with water and electricity, without risk to health) and adapted to your situation (disability, children)
• You have a valid residence permit
• You have sufficient resources (salary, allowances, alimony, etc.) to pay moderate rent

To prepare a DAHO accommodation request file:

• Complete the Cerfa form n°15037*01
• Before you begin, we advise you to read this document to help you.
• Add all the documents requested in the form (sentences starting with "Join...").

To prepare a DALO housing application file:

• Complete the Cerfa form n°15036*01
• Before you begin, we advise you to read this document to help you.
• Add all the documents requested in the form (sentences starting with "Join...").

You must then send your file with all the documents by post to the Mediation Commission in your region . This Commission is a special office that will decide whether or not you have priority in order to have an accommodation or housing proposal.

You also have the option of submitting the form and supporting documents directly to the office of the secretariat of the Mediation Commission in your region.

• You are in Île-de-France: Here are the addresses according to the department (at the bottom of the page, section "Where to file your DALO file", same addresses for DAHO).
• You are in another region: ask or consult the website of your prefecture.

The Mediation Commission must inform you of its decision within 6 weeks to 3 months, depending on the region.

You are recognized as a priority: accommodation adapted to your criteria must be offered to you within 6 weeks to 3 months following your positive decision. If you reject the proposal, you will no longer be considered a priority.

If the wait for a place in accommodation is unusually long, you can appeal for non-compliance with the decision of the administrative court. A start date to the appeal is given in the decision.

You are not recognized as a priority: you will not have access to emergency accommodation. The commission must notify you of the reasons for its refusal to explain why it refused you.

• You can lodge an "ex gratia appeal" to contest the refusal of your application. Send a signed letter with as many supporting documents as possible to the Commission, so that it can re-examine your case.
• You can lodge a "contentious appeal" with the Administrative Court
• - to contest the offer of accommodation or housing, if it is not suited to your situation
• - for non-compliance with the decision if you have received a positive response but are waiting an abnormally long time for accommodation or housing. You have 4 months from the start date of the appeal indicated on the decision.

The Administrative Court has 2 months to make a decision. The judge can force the Ministry responsible for housing to find you accommodation or housing if he finds that you have been designated a priority, but that you have not received a housing offer adapted to your needs.