Aw-Aden v Birmingham City Council: CA 7 Dec 2005

When a council is considering whether an applicant for housing is a homeless person, the applicant’s appreciation of the prospects of future housing can be treated as ‘awareness of a relevant fact’ for the purposes of the sub-section, provided that it is sufficiently specific and provided that it is based on some genuine investigation and not mere aspiration.

Citations:

[2005] EWCA Civ 1834

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Housing Act 1996

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedF v Birmingham City Council CA 2-Nov-2006
The applicant sought housing as a homeless person with her children. The authority found her in priority need, but intentionally homeless. Her appeal against the adverse review failed, and she appealed again. She had given up a council flat and had . .
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Updated: 27 November 2022; Ref: scu.245874