The Weekly Law Reports
[2008] 1 WLR 2305
Court of Appeal
*Regina (Aweys)
v
Birmingham City CouncilRegina (Ali)
v
SameRegina (Abdulle)
v
SameRegina (Adam)
v
SameRegina (Sharif)
v
SameRegina (Omar)
v
Same
[2008] EWCA Civ 48
2007 Oct 8,
9;
2008 Feb 7
2008 Feb 7
Ward, Arden and Smith LJJ
Local government— Homeless persons— Accommodation available for occupation— Housing authority finding claimants’ accommodation not reasonable for them to continue to occupy— Authority accepting claimants to be homeless and owed duty to secure accommodation available for them— Authority leaving claimants in accommodation until better accommodation becoming available— Whether authority discharging duty to secure “accommodation”— Allocations policy giving priority to street homeless over homeless with accommodation not reasonable for them to continue to occupy— Whether lawful—
Housing Act 1996 (c 52), ss 175(1)(3), 193(2)
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