A person offered temporary housing, on being acknowledged to be homeless, could not accept the offer and then claim it was unsuitable. The duty was satisfied when the offer was accepted. However the authority must make this clear to the applicant when confirming the offer. The applicant would then face an uncomfortable choice of accepting … Continue reading Alghile v Westminster City Council: CA 2 Mar 2001
The court was asked whether the section 193 duty to provide housing was lost after the applicant had refused alternative temporary accommodation. The applicant had been granted temporary accommodation, but her family grew and it became too small. She was offered an alternative but preferred to stay where she was. Held: The Authority’s appeal succeeded. … Continue reading Muse v London Borough of Brent: CA 19 Dec 2008
The applicant had been agreed to be homeless with priority need, and had been provided with an assured shorthold tenancy. Held: The Legislation now allowed broadly three classes of accomodation as suitable: (1) accommodation owned by the local authority; (2) accommodation in the hands of registered social landlords; and (3) private rented accommodation. The tenant … Continue reading Griffiths v St Helens Council: CA 7 Mar 2006
Appeal against dismissal of the appeal the claimant from a decision of the Borough that its duty under the 1996 Act to secure that accommodation was available for him and his family had ceased by virtue of section 193(5) of the Act. Carnwath, Rimer, Munby LJJ [2010] EWCA Civ 1278, [2011] HLR 11 Bailii Housing … Continue reading Vilvarasa v London Borough of Harrow: CA 16 Nov 2010
The claimant appealed against an order confirming a review of the decision that the local authority owed no futher duty to her under section 193. She had rejected the house offered as unsuitable for medical reasons. Held: The tenant’s appeal succeeded. The offer being of a permanent home, ‘Unless bound by authority to reach a … Continue reading Ravichandran and Another v London Borough of Lewisham: CA 2 Jul 2010