Unsuitable Housing in UK Law
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Fairmount Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment
... ... to improve them "in order to deal in some measure with their long housing list, put at 8,242 families" ... 4 The council ... on the ground that a maisonette over a ground floor flat was unsuitable on social grounds, with a reference to a fire risk, and the need to keep a ... ...
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Liverpool City Council v Irwin
... ... The Corporation Housing Officer said: "Lifts are permanently vandalized. Buttons ripped off ... They were placed in an unsuitable position. The water is carried by the overflow pipe and runs on to the ... ...
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The London Borough of Hillingdon (Appellants v Ricky Puhlhofer and Angela Puhlhofer (Respondents
... ... 11th May 1984 By The London Borough of Hillingdon Pursuant to The Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 ... Between: The London Borough of ... doubt four walls to support that roof, it does not matter how unsuitable that accommodation is. Thus, an applicant and his family will not become ... ...
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Awua v Brent London Borough Council
... ... 18 June 1991 she applied to the Tower Hamlets council, as a local housing authority with which she had a local connection, for accommodation. The ... is no reason why temporary accommodation should ipso facto be unsuitable. If the tenure is so precarious that the person is likely to have to leave ... ...
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Simmons v Pizzey
... ... 3 The Housing Act 1957 made it an offence for the occupier of a dwelling house to cause ... at any one time, or if they think fit, stating that a room was unsuitable for use for sleeping. If after such a notice became operative, more than ... ...
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R Lindsay v London Borough of Lambeth
... ... Lambeth, like all local authorities, has an obligation to allocate housing accommodation to those who qualify. At present, the authority is required ... children, and for vulnerable individuals, who are living in unsuitable accommodation. 5.22. Many authorities have in the past made ... ...
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R NECKEESHA ERSKINE v London Borough of LAMBETH and
... ... of fitness for habitation on ground (f) in section 604(1) of the Housing Act 1985 which provides: "… a dwelling-house is fit for human ... members was in need of care and attention, which was so grossly unsuitable as to deprive her of any privacy and of effective participation in her ... ...
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R (Aweys and Others) v Birmingham City Council
... ... Thus the full duty under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 was owed to each claimant. They all claim that they have not been ... is no reason why temporary accommodation should ipso facto be unsuitable. If the tenure is so precarious that the person is likely to have to leave ... ...
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Harouki v Kensington and Chelsea Royal London Borough Council
... ... 1 Section 327 of the Housing Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”) ... ...
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Ostreicher v Secretary of State for the Environment
... ... They thought that the houses should be demolished and replaced by housing of today's standards ... 2 The freeholders of eight ... The council did not think the date was unsuitable. So that date was chosen. All the objectors were notified that the inquiry ... ...
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