The court was asked what the effect of the conduct of one member of a family might be on the classification of other members as being voluntarily homeless: ‘the fact that the Act requires consideration of the family unit as a whole indicates that it would be perfectly proper in the ordinary case for the housing authority to look at the family as a whole and assume, in the absence of material which indicates to the contrary, where the conduct of one member of the family was such that he should be regarded as having become homeless intentionally, that was conduct to which the other members of the family were a party.’
Judges:
Woolf J
Citations:
[1981] 1 WLR 328
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Thanet District Council ex parte Groves QBD 1993
The applicant lived with her husband and family in rented accomodation. The husband drank, and spent money which should have gone to the rent. Though she had some small involvement, she did not know of the extent of the rent arrears. He left, and . .
Cited – Regina v London Borough of Harrow ex parte Byrne Admn 28-Feb-1997
Application to review decision that applicant though in priority need was homeless through her own voluntary act in failing to pay rent.
Held: Sufficient evidence had been placed before the committee for it to be able to say that it could . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Housing
Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.214458
