A Local Authority had to consider all possible local connections before passing an applicant for housing under the Act to another other Local Authority for assistance.
Citations:
Times 30-Jan-1995, (1995) 27 HLR 492
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Ozbek v Ispwich Borough Council CA 4-May-2006
The claimant applied to be housed as a homeless person. The authority sought to refer him to a different authority under s198. As an asylum seeker, he had been given assistance both in Portsmouth and Southampton before coming to Ipswich. He said . .
Cited – Regina v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council, ex parte Avdic QBD 1996
The applicant challenged a referral of her application for housing as a homeless person by Hammersmith back to Kirklees from where she had moved. She had a cousin in Hammersmith.
Held: Her application for judical review failed. Tucker J: . .
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Housing
Updated: 07 April 2022; Ref: scu.88041