Friday, 31 May 2013

Legal Threat for Councils over Homeless Provision

Councils may be forced to spend more time assessing the needs of homeless people and find them temporary accommodation while they do so, as a result of a legal challenge. Judge Anthony Thornton flagged up the potential impact of the case of a man who was last week granted permission to apply for a judicial review of the way Westminster Council handled his homelessness application.  Judge Thornton said that given ‘the importance and topicality of this decision’ in the field of homeless applications he had ‘certified that this judgement may be cited and referred to in other cases or situations’. Read more on Inside Housing.

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