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The leader of a council in East Sussex has warned that a "homelessness crisis" and the cost of temporary accommodation continue to put local services at "great risk". Stephen Holt, leader of ...
Temporary accommodation must be offered to all households while awaiting an assessment decision. The overall statutory duty lies with the local authority the household is situated within. Until 28 November 2022, it was the case that if a household had no local connection to the local authority to which it applied for homelessness accommodation ...
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found the authority was at fault after Mr B complained his family were being housed in unsuitable accommodation for an unreasonable amount of time ...
For people meeting such criteria, the Local Housing Authority therefore has a legal statutory duty to find Temporary Accommodation for the person, and then provide them with assistance to find a permanent, long term adequate dwelling, that will usually be within the Private Rented Sector (PRS), but sometimes will be a property with a Housing ...
If the authority decides that a person is homeless and priority need but became homeless intentionally then the authority must secure that accommodation is available for such a period as will give the person reasonable time to find long term accommodation, which can extend to provision of temporary accommodation. The local authority shall in ...
The number of families spending Christmas in emergency accommodation has been cut by 90%, a local authority has said. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council said eight families, and a total ...
Gatekeeping is a term in British housing law which describes when a Council refuses to accept a homelessness application and/or provide accommodation when they have a legal duty to do so. Pressure for Councils to engage in "gatekeeping" can be the result of the high cost of providing temporary accommodation or there simply not being enough ...
The bedroom tax is a United Kingdom welfare policy whereby tenants living in public housing (also called council or social housing) with rooms deemed "spare" experience a reduction in Housing Benefit, resulting in them being obliged to fund this reduction from their incomes, move home, or face rent arrears and potential eviction by their landlord (be that the local authority or a housing ...