The case concerns the extent of a housing authority’s duty of inquiry, in light of the public sector equality duty set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, into whether an applicant for homelessness assistance has a disability requiring special arrangements to be made.
Black, Beatson, Sales LJJ
[2016] EWCA Civ 1137
Bailii
Housing Act 1996, Equality Act 2010 149
England and Wales
Housing, Discrimination
Updated: 25 January 2022; Ref: scu.571419