Homeless
Housing Law case report: Homeless
Homeless
Mr A applied as Homeless to Brent Council. The
Council refused to accept a duty to house him because they did not
consider him to be in priority need.
We submitted detailed representations in
support of Mr A’s review of the Council’s negative decision,
arguing, amongst other things, that the Council failed to apply the
correct test of vulnerability, in particular they failed to
consider whether Mr A would be vulnerable when street homeless.
The Council did not accept our arguments and
proceeded to make a negative review decision. We successfully
appealed their decision. The Council were ordered to carry out a
fresh review and pay our costs.