Housing Allocation and Homelessness

A guide to the legal obligations and duties of local authorities in relation to the provision of permanent and temporary accommodation, and the rights of those seeking such accommodation. This work provides practical guidance on the statutory framework governing homelessness and allocations and how the legislation works in practice.

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Written by two leading practitioners in the field, authors of the hugely popular "Homelessness Act 2002: A Special Bulletin", this major new work is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the legal obligations and duties of local authorities in relation to the provision of permanent and temporary accommodation, and the rights of those seeking such accommodation. Practical guidance on the statutory framework governing homelessness and allocations and how the legislation works in practice is provided, together with an analysis of how the courts have interpreted the statutory provisions. Key statutory materials (in consolidated form) and the very latest versions of supporting codes of guidance are included in the book. An accompanying CD-ROM contains additional materials including the Welsh Code of Guidance and other relevant statutory provisions not reproduced in the book. "Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice" is the most comprehensive resource for all local authority housing staff, homelessness officers and those advising on homelessness and housing allocation.