The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2014] PTSR 1376
Court of Appeal
Haile
v
Waltham Forest London Borough Council
[2014] EWCA Civ 792
2014 May 15;
June 13
Jackson, Fulford, Christopher Clarke LJJ
Local government— Homeless persons— Whether “homeless intentionally”— Applicant voluntarily leaving single occupancy hostel accommodation after becoming pregnant— Application to housing authority as homeless person with priority need— Applicant provided with temporary accommodation pending decision and subsequently giving birth to child— Whether intentionality of homelessness to be determined by reference to date on which applicant became homeless or date of local authority’s decision—
Housing Act 1996 (c 52), ss 191, 193