The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 570
Court of Appeal
Hajjaj v City of Westminster Council
Akhter v Waltham Forest London Borough Council
[2021] EWCA Civ 1688
2021 Oct 26; Nov 12
Bean, Nugee LJJ, Faulk J
Local government— Homeless persons— Suitability of accommodation— Applicants owed housing duty by local authorities given temporary accommodation— Local authorities offering private rented sector accommodation to bring housing duty to end— Applicants refusing accommodation as unsuitable— Test for local authority to satisfy itself that accommodation “suitable”—
Housing Act 1996, ss 193, 208
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Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012 (SI 2012/2601), art 3(1)