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Welfare rules have no legal force

19 July 2007 - An aspect of Amsterdam’s social assistance regulations has no legal force, the Central Appeals Council (CRvB) ruled. There are no immediate consequences for social assistance recipients. The municipality’s legal department is looking into the matter.

The Work and Social Assistance Act (WWB) states that city councils must define under which conditions tenants are entitled to a supplement to their income. However, Amsterdam’s ordinance leaves it to the administration to set the rent level above which subtenants qualify.

The welfare agency has set the rent limit at 147.48 euro per month in its internal work instructions, but this is extralegal, the CRvB ruled. Citizens must be able to determine from the ordinance what their rights are.

One might expect the municipality to submit an adapted ordinance, which specifies the rent limit, to the city council. However, the municipality has not yet decided how to respond, alderwoman Hennah Buyne’s spokesperson told News from Amsterdam.

The extralegal character of the internal work instructions need not have immediate practical consequences as long as they are carried out in a consistent manner, the CRvB stated.

CRvB ruling (in Dutch)

 

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