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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.
Part VII of the act concerns the duties that a local authority has to homeless people and when these duties arise. Section 189 of the act concerns the "priority need" hurdle that a homelessness application must pass for a council to have a duty to provide interim accommodation.
Homelessness in the United Kingdom is measured and responded to in differing ways in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but affects people living in every part of the UK's constituent countries. Most homeless people have at least a modicum of shelter but without any security of tenure.
The Homelessness Act 2002 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amends the Housing Act 1996 and sets out the duties owed by local housing authorities to someone who is homeless or threatened with homelessness.
But around 650 homeless people live in accommodation without a HMO licence and council officials trying to rehome them said about 10% of them could be temporarily moved outside of Edinburgh if ...
The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amends the Housing Act 1996 . [ 1 ] The Act started as a Private Member's Bill introduced by Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East Bob Blackman .
Shelter is a registered charity that campaigns for housing justice in England and Scotland. It gives advice, information, and advocacy to people and campaigns, and lobbies government and local authorities for new laws and policies.
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 ...