Dear @lesliekbz,
I am sorry to read of your mother’s situation. I encourage you to apply to request to be housed in an apartment. To my knowledge, there is not a specific form in Dresden for this but you can write a letter to application to request it. It is called ‘Antrag auf dezentrale Unterbringung’ (Application to be accommodated in an apartment).
Each federal state in Germany has its own particular rules about accommodating asylum seekers. In Saxony the law allows for individuals to be housed outside the reception centre earlier than usual if there are humanitarian grounds to take into consideration. That means your mother should not wait to apply for this.
Here is the text of the law that is relevant in your case (via online translation):
§ 1a
Obligation to live in the reception facility
(1) On the basis of Section 47 (1b) of the Asylum Act, foreign nationals shall, in derogation of Section 47 (1) of the Asylum Act, be obliged to reside in the reception facility responsible for their reception until the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has reached a decision on the application for asylum and, in the event that the application for asylum is rejected as manifestly unfounded or inadmissible, until they leave the country or until the threat or order of deportation has been carried out, but for no longer than 18 months. Sentence 1 shall not apply to cases pursuant to Section 47 (1a) of the Asylum Act .
(2) Paragraph 1 sentence 1 shall not apply to:
1. Families and other guardians with minor children and women traveling alone,
2. Persons with serious physical illnesses or mental disorders and persons who have suffered torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence,
3. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual and intersex persons and persons belonging to persecuted ethnic or religious minorities.
(3) Foreign nationals covered by subsection (1), first sentence, may be distributed and assigned from the reception facility before the expiry of 18 months, in particular if this is necessary taking into account the available capacity of the reception facility, in the case of special migration situations or in particularly serious individual cases.
Here’s the original German text:
https://***.landesrecht.sachsen-anhalt.de/bsst/document/jlr-AufnGSTV0P1a
Depending on the details of your family’s situation, you can apply to be housed in an apartment under one of these subsections.
The address to send the application to is:
Unterbringung (SG)
Landeshauptstadt Dresden
Sozialamt
Postfach 12 00 20
01001 Dresden
Or by email to: sozialamt@dresden.de
The application should be in German and in your mother’s name. It should set out in detail her personal circumstances and why the conditions in your current housing are unacceptable for her. Due to the seriousness of the situation, I would set them a deadline to respond to you. You should include evidence of any medical conditions.
If you need assistance in writing the application, I advise you to contact an advisory service in Dresden. Here is an overview of the services you could ask:
https://***-dresden-de.translate.goog/de/leben/gesellschaft/migration/hilfe/fluechtlingssozialarbeit.php?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp#mitte
If they turn down your application, you have the option of taking legal action.
I hope you find a solution to your situation, let us know if you have any other questions.
Best,
Éanna