A council broke the law through its homelessness
service’s “aggressive gatekeeping”, a watchdog has found. The Local Government
Ombudsman (LGO) ordered Eastbourne Borough Council to pay £2,300 after concluding
that council officers failed to follow the law and its own policies when
handling a vulnerable man’s homelessness application. The ombudsman’s report said
Eastbourne Council turned ‘Mr X’ away, despite the fact that he had mental
health problems and had been sectioned in the past. The council eventually
accepted a duty to house Mr X, but in the meantime he had been evicted, slept
rough and lost his possessions. Read more on Inside Housing.
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