Jayesh Kunwardia, partner at London law firm Hodge Jones
& Allen says he has become “increasingly concerned” that the Royal Borough
of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) has yet to explain how its current
homelessness policy will apply to the hundreds of people it now has to house.
He says: “I’ve already spoken to a number of former Grenfell Tower residents
who have refused RBKC’s offer of temporary accommodation outside of the borough
and have opted to stay with family or friends instead. “However, by doing so,
this means that under the council’s current policy, RBKC could now refuse to
accept a duty to house them under the Housing Act as they have made themselves
“intentionally homeless. Read more on 24housing.
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