Harouki v Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council – Times Law Reports

Posted November 12th, 2007 in homelessness, housing, law reports by sally

Unlawful housing reasonable

Harouki v Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council

Court of Appeal

“Where a tenant applied to be treated as homeless because where she lived with her family was statutorily overcrowded, and occupation of such accommodation was a summary offence under section 327 of the Housing Act 1985, the housing authority was entitled to conclude, having regard to local conditions, that it would not be unreasonable for the family to stay there.”

The Times, 12th November 2007

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R (RJM) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – WLR Daily

Posted July 2nd, 2007 in homelessness, human rights, law reports, social security by sally

R (RJM) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2007] EWCA Civ 614 

“Social security regulations, which disentitled a person without accommodation from receiving disability premium, did not discriminate against homeless persons on a ground relating to status for the purpose of art 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 28th June 2007

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