Council of State rejects plan to curb refugee housing priority

The outgoing cabinet’s plan to stop giving refugees with residence permits priority for social housing if they are in urgent need has been criticised by the Council of State. The government’s most senior advisory body said the draft legislation would lead to unequal treatment before the law and therefore conflict with the constitution. The bill, the council said, should not proceed in its present form. Refugees with residence permits already have “a disadvantageous starting position on the housing market,” the...