Subjects:

Housing Law

Homelessness and Allocations, now in its seventh edition, has established itself as the definitive guide to the rights of the homeless. Written by leading experts, its comprehensive and authoritative guidance makes it a crucial resource for all housing practitioners, advisers, local authorities and housing officers. The text clearly sets the law in its context, and appendices reproduce the relevant legislation, statutory instruments and guidance.

This edition has been substantially revised and restructured to take into account the way that homelessness law and allocations law have developed over time. Chapters have been rewritten to reflect the integration of the two areas of law in terms of practice and procedure.

Homelessness and Allocations has been updated to include:-

• the new DCLG Homelessness Code of Guidance 2006
• a new set of preliminary precedents in the enforcement chapter: sample documentation for issuing a homelessness appeal in the county court and the materials necessary to issue a judicial review in the Administrative Court
• the latest developments on eligibility and priority need
• a revised chapter on decisions
• many new cases and their implications, up to and including Robinson v Hammersmith & Fulham LBC on mediation in cases involving 16- and 17-year-olds