The court considered whether the appellant, who lived with his partner and their two children in a one bedroom flat where they were ‘statutorily overcrowded’, was entitled to be included within Band 1 of Southwark Council’s Housing Allocation Scheme. The council decided that he was not, because he had caused the overcrowding by his own deliberate act in moving into the property in the first place.
Judges:
Lord Justice Males
Citations:
[2020] EWCA Civ 1697
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Housing
Updated: 22 May 2022; Ref: scu.656770