Delahaye v Oswestry Borough Council: 29 Jul 1980

The applicant had made more than one application for emergency housing and temporary accomodation pending the result of her application.
Held: It could not have been the intention of Parliament that a similar statute should be used by someone, who is not entitled to permanent accommodation to obtain the continuous use of temporary accommodation by means of successive applications.

Judges:

Woolf J

Citations:

Times 29-Jul-1980

Cited by:

CitedGriffin, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Southwark Admn 29-Oct-2004
The applicant had sought emergency housing with her husband, but refused accomodation on a particuar estate for her safety. She had then been evicted form the temporary housing supplied on the application. After a series of temporary arrangements . .
CitedRegina v Harrow London Borough Council Ex Parte Fahia HL 16-Sep-1998
The local authority submitted first that a person making a second application for emergency housing had to demonstrate a change of circumstance which might lead to a second application being successful and second that it was for the local authority . .
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Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.219032