_______________ Communication No. 306/1988 Submitted by: J. G., represented by counsel. June 1988 Alleged victim: The author State party: The Netherlands Declared inadmissible: 25 July 1990 (thirty-ninth session) Subject matter: Alleged discriminatory allocation of special financial assistance to handicapped persons Procedural issues: Non-exhaustion of local remedies Substantive issues: Equality before the law Article of the Covenant: 26 Article of the Optional Protocol: 5 (2) (b) 1. The author of the communication is J. G., a Dutch citizen residing in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He claims to be a victim of a violation by the Government of the Netherlands of article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. He is represented by counsel. The background 2.1 The author, who was born on 1 January 1918, suffers from a physical handicap. On 6 January 1983, following his 65th birthday, he requested admission into subsidized, purpose-built housing, referred to as "Fokushouses" (cluster dwellings), which are designed to enable their occupants to live, to the extent possible, as non-handicapped persons. The Financial Aid Scheme for the Accommodation of the Disabled lays down the specifications for State-subsidized dwellings. Eligibility for admission into such housing is governed by Section 57 of the General Disablement Benefits Act (AAW) of 11 December 1975, which provides that applicants must be 84