I st necessary to Hartz IV recipients to move to a more expensive apartment because of a health hazard from the existing dwelling will have to have the consortium bear the higher costs for the new apartment without prior approval of the move.
In the case that has now decided That court, it was about the cost of accommodation Bochum a woman and her 6-year-old daughter. The applicants moved into a new, more expensive apartment because had occurred in the old apartment mold. The consortium wanted to continue only the reduced rent in the old apartment.
made with the application, the single mother, claims to be moved because her daughter had fallen ill due to mold spores in the home.
The court looked at evidence of a health hazard for granted and affirmed a necessity of the move. It is clear the legal obligations of the consortium, the cost of new, more expensive property to take a month to the appropriate rent in Bochum for two people from € 292.20.
Social Court of Dortmund , Judgement of 10/04/2010, Application Number: S 31 AS 317/08
