As Housing practitioners both old and those still in training know that sometimes despite having the best grounds for overturning Intentionally Homeless finding for a s202 review and pushing it through, the Local Authority don’t always see eye to eye and don’t grant interim accommodation pending review (s188(3)). Or the client who in your eyes is obviously in priority need doesn’t pass the first hurdle or not deemed eligible for another reason and is not assigned Interim Accommodation at all. In such situation we have to look at what other
Yesterday (5th February 2014) David Carter and Jamie Burton examined the circumstances in which the law requires public authorities to provide accommodation to persons who are not entitled to mainstream housing assistance under the Housing Acts. In particular those who have a need for “care and attention” under the National Assistance Act 1948, when families with children can hope to be accommodated under the Children Act 1989 and care for those previously detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.
We (Legal Notebook team members) unfortunately could not make it in on the day due to the lovely TFL Strike resulting in a 2hr+ commute to find we were still going to be late. The kind people at Doughty Street however have uploaded the seminar handout for the benefit of us all. Do download and consume asap – as a refresher if not first time.
