A local authority’s duty to an asylum seeker to provide the basics of life, did not extend to a third re-housing attempt after the applicant had twice been evicted for the use of violence and breaches of house rules.
Citations:
Times 20-Apr-1999, [1999] EWHC Admin 285, (1999) 2 CCLR 340
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Statutes:
National Assistance Act 1948 21(1)
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Cited – A v The London Borough of Lambeth Admn 25-May-2001
The applicant was mother of three children, two of whom were autistic. She sought re-housing from the defendant. It was claimed that s17 imposed a specific duty on the authority, having identified a child’s needs, in this case for re-housing, to . .
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Housing, Immigration
Updated: 28 May 2022; Ref: scu.139549