11 Local and regional authorities shall contribute, in accordance with their powers and responsibilities, to achieving the objectives specified above. Social landlords and letting agencies shall allocate social housing in accordance with the provisions of this sub-section. The State shall ensure that the rules governing the allocation of social housing are complied with.” “Article L.441-1: The order of the Conseil d'Etat specified in Article L. 441-2-6 shall lay down the rules governing the allocation of dwellings built, improved or acquired and improved with State financial support or giving entitlement to personalised housing assistance and belonging to or managed by social housing agencies. The order shall require allocation procedures to take account of households’ assets, composition, income and current housing circumstances, distance from their place of work and the availability of local facilities reflecting applicants’ needs. If any household members are employed as registered maternal or family assistants this shall also be taken into account. The order shall establish the general criteria for the allocation of housing, with priority given to: a. persons with disabilities or families caring for a person with a disability; b. persons who are poorly housed, disadvantaged or otherwise experiencing housing problems for financial or social reasons; c. persons housed or accommodated temporarily in a transitional dwelling or establishment; d. persons who are poorly housed and are resuming work after a period of longterm unemployment. The order shall determine the arrangements for consulting mayors of municipalities where social housing is located on the principles governing its allocation and the consequences of their application. The order shall also specify the conditions governing, and restrictions on, social housing agencies’ right to reserve certain initial and subsequent lettings of dwelling specified in the previous sub-section for particular categories of applicant, in exchange for the provision of land, financing or a financial guarantee. Reservation agreements that fail to comply with the restrictions specified in this sub-section shall be null and void. The order shall specify the procedure for concluding such reservation agreements, in exchange for the provision of land, financing or a financial guarantee by a municipality or a joint municipal public body. These reservation arrangements shall continue for five years after loans contracted by letting agencies and guaranteed by municipalities or joint municipal public bodies have been fully repaid. […]” “Article L 441-1: [The order] shall also specify the conditions governing, and restrictions on, the right of State representatives in départements to reserve dwellings for priority applicants, particularly those who are poorly housed or disadvantaged. State representatives in départements may reach an agreement with any mayor to delegate to that mayor or, with the mayor's agreement, to the chair of the joint municipal public body responsible for housing, all or part of their reserved quota of dwellings in the area of the municipality or joint municipal public body concerned. The agreement shall establish the obligations of the assignee concerning the application of the right to housing, the procedure for assessing the delegation once a year and the procedure for terminating it should the assignee fail to comply with the obligations. If a State representative finds that the previous year’s objectives in the housing action plan for the disadvantaged have not been fulfilled and a notice to comply has remained without effect for three months, he or she shall replace the mayor or the chair of the joint municipal public body and decide directly on the allocation of reserved dwellings.”