Local Authority Housing in UK Law
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Puhlhofer (A.P.) and another (A.P.) v London Borough of Hillingdon England
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Where the existence or non-existence of a fact is left to the judgment and discretion of a public body and that fact involves a broad spectrum ranging from the obvious to the debatable to the just conceivable, it is the duty of the court to leave the decision of that fact to the public body to whom Parliament has entrusted the decision-making power save in a case where it is obvious that the public body, consciously or unconsciously, are acting perversely.
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Mohamed v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
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It is clear that words like ordinary residence and normal residence may take their precise meaning from the context of the legislation in which they appear but it seems to me that the prima facie meaning of normal residence is a place where at the relevant time the person in fact resides. So long as that place where he eats and sleeps is voluntarily accepted by him, the reason why he is there rather than somewhere else does not prevent that place from being his normal residence.
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O'Rourke v Camden London Borough Council
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The first is that the Act is a scheme of social welfare, intended to confer benefits at the public expense on grounds of public policy. Public money is spent on housing the homeless not merely for the private benefit of people who find themselves homeless but on grounds of general public interest: because, for example, proper housing means that people will be less likely to suffer illness, turn to crime or require the attention of other social services.
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Cocks v Thanet District Council
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Once a decision has been reached by the housing authority which gives rise to the temporary, the limited or the full housing duty, rights and obligations are immediately created in the field of private law. But it is inherent in the scheme of the Act that an appropriate public law decision of the housing authority is a condition precedent to the establishment of the private law duty.
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R (M) v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
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It is impossible to read the words 'a child who is'provided with accommodation by the authority in the exercise of any functions…which are social services functions within the meaning of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970…' to include a child who has not been drawn to the attention of the local social services authority or provided with any accommodation or other services by that authority.
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Din (Taj) v Wandsworth London Borough Council
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First, it is designed for the expressed purpose of bringing families together. Secondly, it forms part of a complex of duties which local authorities owe to categories of persons seeking housing. The Act must be interpreted in the light of these matters, with liberality having regard to its social purposes, and also with recognition of the claims of others and the nature and scale of local authorities' responsibilities.
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Ivan Crane v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (First Defendant) Harborough District Council (Second Defendant)
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In the section of the NPPF headed "Delivering a wide choice of high quality homes" paragraph 47 explains what local planning authorities should do "[to] boost significantly the supply of housing".
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Housing (Wales) Act 2014
...... of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers and to require local authorities to meet those needs; to make provision about the standards of ... by a person designated by the Welsh Ministers as the licensing authority for the whole of Wales or by different persons designated as licensing ......
- The Housing (Right to Transfer from a Local Authority Landlord) (England) Regulations 2013
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Housing and Planning Act 2016
......, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— . 1 . New homes in England PART 1 . New ... (a) (a) each local planning authority in England, . (b) (b) the Mayor of London, and . (c) ......
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Deregulation Act 2015
...... Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- . Measures affecting ... (1) The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 is ...Housing and development Housing and development . S-28 . ......
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‘It’s all considered to be unacceptable behaviour’
Despite a growing recognition of the intersectional relationship between homelessness and incarceration, we have a limited knowledge about housing policy and practice for people leaving custody and......... practitioners’ experience of statutory housing duty for (ex)offenders Vickie Cooper The Open ... this paper provides an overview of the main local housing authority statutory duties in the ......
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THE REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE DOE — POLICEMEN OR MEDIATORS? A STUDY OF LOCAL HOUSING POLICY
The article begins with a review of the existing literature on the regional level of government and the ‘regional state’, and proceeds to focus on the range of linkages which are found between the ......... The article concludes with suggestions concerning the role and influence of the regional officers of the DOE on local authority housing policy. Recent years have seen a steady increase in the interest shown in the study of central- local government relations. ......
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The Alchemists' Search for the Philosophers' Stone: The Status of Registered Social Landlords under the Human Rights Act
Social housing in Great Britain is undergoing a radical transformation with the transfer of local authority housing to housing associations, more particularly registered social landlords (RSLs). Wh......... the Human Rights Act Jill Morgan n Social housing in Great Britain is undergoing a radical mation with the transfer of local authority housing to housing associations, more ......
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Book Notes
Book review in this article Local Government in Britain Central Office of Information, 10th ed HMSO, 1975. The Essex Reference Index: British Journals on Politics and Sociology, 1950–73 K. Mayor......... Book Notes Local Government in Britain Central Office of ... the principal types of local authority, local election procedures, internal or- ... Local Authority Housing Policy and Practice-A Case Study Approach ......
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The Localism Act 2011
The Localism Act 2011 is a major piece of reforming legislation that makes significant changes to local government, social housing and the planning system; it also amends the rules relating to assu......... that makes significant changes to local government, social housing and the planning system; it also amends the rules relating to assured ... not deal with the provisions relating to social housing, local authority governance, business rates or EU fines. Abolition of Regional Strategies ......
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Coming soon: New electrical safety standards for PRS landlords
New draft Electrical Safety Regulations have been laid before Parliament but what do they mean for landlords in the private rented sector? When and where will they apply?...... a term of seven years or more, student housing, and tenancies of hostels, refuges, care homes, ...In addition, where a local housing authority requests it, the report must be ......
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Coming Soon: New Electrical Safety Standards For PRS Landlords
...... a term of seven years or more, student housing, and tenancies of hostels, refuges, care homes, ...In addition, where a local housing authority requests it, the report must be ......
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New Law on Revenge Evictions Goes Cold
The BBC reported this week that fewer than half of the local authorities in England have been called upon to prevent so-called “revenge evictions” since new laws came into force on 1 October 2015....... this week that fewer than half of the local authorities in England have been called upon to ... to use section 21 notices (under the Housing Act 1988) to recover possession of property let ... fresh complaint to their local housing authority about the same problem;. 3. Obtaining from the ......
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Application by tenant or local housing authority for a Rent Repayment Order (Housing and Planning Act 2016)
Housing and planning forms including Rent Repayment Orders and Demolition Orders.
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Chapter CFM96330
......A local authority has a subsidiary which provides rental ... within the local authority area (social housing). The local authority charges an arms-length ......
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Chapter SDLTM27020
......Qualifying bodies are. a local housing authority. a housing association. a ......
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Chapter TSEM5752
...... . The term ‘relevant housing body’ means. a local authority,. a ......