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 the offer or requesting a review and rejecting the offer and facing the consequences.
Citations:
Times 09-Mar-2001, [2001] EWCA Civ 363
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Housing, Local Government
Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.77727
