Having set aside a number of houses for the homeless, the local authority then failed, when allocating places, to consider the remaining and relevant statutory tests for deciding who should get what place.
Held: The statutory criteria remained relevant, and the homelessness as such was not sufficiently serious to overwhelm other considerations. The policy was unlawful.
Judges:
Latham J
Citations:
Times 21-Jan-2000, [1999] EWHC 835 (Admin), (2001) 33 HLR 6
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Housing, Local Government
Updated: 28 April 2022; Ref: scu.88705