The applicant and his seventeen year old wife became homeless. They claimed housing assistance on the ground that the wife was a dependant child.
Held: The authority succeeded. Though persons aged between 16 and 18 in full time education could, under the rules, be treated as dependent children according to the circumstances, the priority under the statute was aimed at protecting those in the relationship of parent and child. The fact that a person also fell within a definition under the code of practice could not displace that.
Citations:
Gazette 12-Jul-2001, [2001] EWCA Civ 776
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Housing
Updated: 31 May 2022; Ref: scu.147563
