Kanu v Southwark London Borough Council

Subject Matter

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Homeless persons — Priority need — Applicant with mental and physical health problems living with and supported by wife and son — Applicant subsequently presenting as homeless — Local housing authority finding applicant not “vulnerable” and so not in priority need — Housing authority taking into account continuing support received from wife and son — Whether housing authority obliged to obtain evidence from medical professionals as to whether support eliminating applicant’s vulnerability — Whether public sector equality duty adding anything to authority’s duty under homelessness legislation — Housing Act 1996, s 189(1)(c) — Equality Act 2010, s 149

[2014] PTSR 1197

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