A group of families is preparing to take a London council
to court as they claim the authority’s housing allocation policy discriminates
against homeless people. The families,
some of which claim to have been in temporary accommodation for more than 10
years, said the amount of time they have been left waiting for permanent
accommodation in the borough of Camden is “indefensible”.
Camden Council denied that its policy is discriminatory and
said it has met its statutory duty in all the families’ cases. However, the
solicitor who is representing the families, said that the council’s
allocation policy means many homeless families that are placed in temporary
accommodation are “more or less stuck there indefinitely”. Read more on Inside
Housing.
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