Case Could Address 'Longstanding Injustice' For Homeless People

Local councils face a Supreme Court challenge over the way they decide which homeless people are judged 'vulnerable' enough for rehousing. Crisis and Shelter say that the outcome has the potential to address a longstanding injustice that has condemned many people to the streets after being turned away from help by their council. As the law stands in England, when a person comes to their council as homeless, they must prove that they are ‘vulnerable’ enough to qualify as a ‘priority’ for rehousing. But the homelessness charities have evidence of people in desperate situations being judged as not being vulnerable by local councils, including women fleeing domestic violence, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems and young people forced out of the family home. Read more on the Crisis website.