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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 London Borough of Hounslow and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964.For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's three outgoing authorities, being the borough councils of Brentford and Chiswick and Heston and Isleworth and the urban district council of Feltham.
All local authorities in England have a legal duty to provide 24-hour advice to homeless people, or those who are at risk of becoming homeless within 28 days.. A local authority must accept an application for assistance from a person seeking homelessness assistance if they have reason to believe that the person may be homeless or threatened with homelessness.
Hundreds of applications made by people who were potentially homeless were dismissed by a council. Brentwood Borough Council in Essex was accused by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman ...
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At 5.5%, Hounslow has one of the largest proportion of Sikhs in London, and the eighth-highest in England. Hounslow also has a very large Somali community (the 3rd largest in London behind Ealing and Brent). The Somalis being the most populous African representation in the borough, mainly settling in areas such as Heston and Brentford.
Toggle Hounslow council elections since 2022 subsection. 1.1 2023 by-election. 1.2 2022 election. 2 Notes. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents. Heston West (ward)
Hounslow has a high proportion of people who identify themselves as BAME (Black, Asian and minority Ethnic), and it is the borough's most diverse town. In seven of Hounslow's eight electoral wards, the BAME proportion is above 70%. [19] The town has a large British Asian community. [20]