18 III. Administrative courts to whom applications are made under I may order that a place be found in a form of short-term or transitional housing, hostel or hotel-type accommodation for social purposes.” j) Assistance with access to and retention of housing 43. The Right to Housing Act, No. 90-449 of 31 May, 1990 reads: “Section 1: Any person or family experiencing particular difficulties on account of inadequate resources or unsuitable living conditions shall be entitled to public assistance, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, in obtaining or retaining decent and independent housing and the supply of water and energy and telephone services. The National Housing Council shall report annually on action taken, and this shall be published.” “Section 6: There shall be a housing solidarity fund in each département. Solidarity funds shall allocate, in accordance with their rules of procedure, financial assistance in the form of repayable deposits, loans or advances, guarantees and grants to persons meeting the conditions laid down in Section 1 who take up a tenancy, who as existing tenants, sub-tenants or residents of hostel accommodation are unable to meet the cost of their rent, supplementary charges or tenants’ insurance or who as the normal occupants of their accommodation are unable to meet the cost of their water or energy supplies or telephone bills. Debts for unpaid rent or energy, water or telephone bills may be paid from the housing solidarity fund if their settlement is a condition of rehousing. […] Solidarity funds meet the cost of individual and group support to enable persons and families benefiting from département plans to be housed or remain in their accommodation, whether they be tenants, sub-tenants, owners of their dwelling or seeking a home. They may also provide financial guarantees to associations offering accommodation or guarantees to disadvantaged persons covered by Section 1. […]” “Section 6-3 (introduced pursuant to Act No. 2004-809) of 13 August 2004): Housing solidarity funds shall be financed by départements.” 44. National Housing Commitment Act 2006-872 of 13 July 2006: "Article 60: To this end, the committee responsible for the plan may set up a specialised committee to co-ordinate preventive action on tenant evictions, tasked with providing opinions to the bodies responsible for making decisions on personal housing assistance, the award of financial assistance in the form of loans or grants and social support in the housing sphere, for persons in arrears with their payments. Where this committee is set up, the responsibilities of the committee provided for in Article L.351-14 of the Building and Housing Code shall be exercised by the bodies which pay the personalised housing assistance. The modus operandi and membership of the committee shall be laid down by decree". 45. The Building and Housing Code reads: “Article L.351-2: Personalised housing assistance shall be granted in respect of the principal residence, regardless of where it is located on national territory. It shall cover: 1. Owner-occupied housing built, purchased or improved, as of 5 January 1977, with the help of specific forms of State aid or loans whose characteristics and conditions of award are laid down by decree;