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and  \n• Review the suitability of accommodation; and  \n• Appeal a decision to the county court; and  \n• Advise on the failure of the Council to take an application, make a decision or provide interim accommodation (“Gatekeeping”) .  \nBPP LAW SCHOOL  \nHomelessness and Allocations  \n• A homelessness application is an  \napplication for homelessness assistance which may lead to the provision of accommodation;  \n•It is therefore a safety net provision;  \n•It is not an application for Social (Council or Housing Association) Housing.  \nBPP LAW SCHOOL  \nAllocations  \n• Applications for Social Housing are made under Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996, to the Housing Register;  \n• The fact that a person is homeless should give them reasonable preference on a Housing Register, regardless of the outcome of any homelessness application;  \n• The Localism Act 2011 gave Councils a wider discretion in deciding who to admit to the Housing Register and what priority  \nto afford people.  \nBPP LAW SCHOOL  \n Homelessness legislation   \n• Part 7 Housing Act 1996, recently amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017  \n• New online Homelessness Code of Guidance  \n• Regulations  \n• Councils are required to have a Homelessness Strategy  \nBPP LAW SCHOOL April 18 , Slide no: 6  \nS179 Advice   \nLocal authorities must provide free of charge to anyone in their district information and advice on:  \n• preventing homelessness;  \n• securing accommodation when homeless;  \n• the rights of people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness, and the duties of the authority;  \n• any help that is available from the authority or anyone else for people in the authority’s district who are homeless or may become homeless (whether or not they are threatened with homelessness); and,  \n• how to access that help.  \n• Advisory services have to be designed with certain specified vulnerable groups in mind.  \nBPP LAW SCHOOL April 18 , Slide no: 7  \n The starting point   \n• If a local authority have reason to believe that a person may be homeless or threatened with homelessness, they shall make enquiries as to:  \n• (a) whether s/he is eligible for assistance, and  \n• (b) if so, what duty (if any) is owed to him/her.  \nBPP LAW SCHOOL April 18 , Slide no: 8  \n Homelessness – s175   \nThere are a number of ways in which a person can be legally homeless:  \n• No accommodation anywhere in the world that s/he has a legal right to occupy; or  \n• The accommodation is not available; or  \n• The applicant cannot gain entry to the accommodation; or  \n• The accommodation is not reasonable to continue to occupy, including on grounds of violence, domestic or otherwise.  \nBPP LAW SCHOOL April 18 , Slide no: 9  \nThreatened Homelessness – s175   \n• A person is threatened with homelessness if it is likely that s/he will become homeless within 56 days.  \n• A person is also threatened with homelessness if they have been served with a valid s21 notice and that notice will expire within 56 days (s175 (5)) .  \nBPP LAW SCHOOL April 18 , Slide no: 10","cbCailpiw7sgqdKD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailpiw7sgqdKD","pdf",1145975,48,"English","# Homelessness Allocations Legal Aid\n## Scope of legal aid reviews, appeals, and gatekeeping\n## What a homelessness application is (safety net)\n## Social housing allocations under Part 6\n## Homelessness legislation and strategies\n## Advice duties under s179\n## The starting point: authority enquiries and eligibility\n## When a person is legally homeless (s175)\n## Threatened homelessness within 56 days (s175)","[{\"question\":\"What legal aid help is available in homelessness cases?\",\"answer\":\"Legal aid covers reviewing homelessness decisions, including Housing Needs Assessments and Personal Housing Plans; 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