A Court of Appeal judgement calling on councils to take urgent steps to meet their legal obligations to homeless 16 and 17 year olds has been welcomed by Shelter. The judgement concludes a case brought against Lambeth Council by a young man, TG, for failing to meet its legal obligation to provide him with ongoing care and support when he was a homeless teenager. A ruling back in 2009 called on local authorities to make housing and social services work together to provide homeless teenagers with ongoing help beyond just housing support. But in its judgement, released on Friday 6 May, the Court of Appeal concluded that Lambeth Council had failed in its legal obligations to TG and had denied him ongoing care and support. Lord Justice Wilson said that the case should 'serve to advertise the need for all local authorities to take urgent steps to remedy any such failure.' Read more on the Shelter website.
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