how bad can council emergency housing be?

BigAunty

paddygirl wrote: »

First of all socail housing is a priviledge, not a right.

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It is a right for certain groups.

The local council has a statutory obligation to provide social housing to those in priority need, such as the homeless, those with children and disabilities that make them vulnerable, and advice to others. They have no discretion whatsoever, there are laws that compel this.

I can believe that local councils do come across contrived evictions, designed to catapult the tenants into social housing but I can't understand how they can prove it - they would need evidence, not just a hunch.

paddygirl

Collusion is easy to prove,in particular with family evictions.

There is no right to social housing. Certain groups are entitled to housing assistance, be this social, private sector leasng, or privately renting. There are statutory homeless groups,such as pregnant women,those with dependent children, and those with medical issues that make them more vulnerable,when homeless, than an ordinary person. However there is nothing in the Housing Acts of 1977 and 1996, or the Homelessness Act 2002 that states there is a statutory duty to provide social housing,only a stautorily duty to provide accomodation.

The Homelessness act 2002 also makes it clear there must be a prevention strategy with every LA in the country to prevent homelessness.

You will find most LA,in particular London boroughs, will offer private leasing purely due to high demand and slow turnover of social housing.

mickey54

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Rather than canvassing opinions or experience from complete strangers on the internet perhaps some help or advice could be provided by explaining the reason/s for your question? You're completely anonymous here so you have nothing to lose and perhaps something or a great deal to gain.

Would disagree - they do not have to give reasons. Asking the question is sufficient.

BitterAndTwisted

No, they didn't but the situation has been clarified by the OP in any case. Sometimes on this forum people pop by asking a bald question but upon being given further details a completely different situation unfolds. That was the reason for my having asked the question.

Your opinion is welcome. Thank you for your valuable contribution.

N79

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

£200,000 in debt, a civil-servant husband earning £28k per annum and no possibility of going bankrupt without losing his job :eek:

OP - just to make sure that you have really checked this point out. There are very few "civil-servant" jobs where bankruptcy would mean automatic dismissal.

Running_Horse

When I was 14 we lived in a B&B run (funnily enough) by the chairwoman of the housing committee. It was not so bad, with families eating in one half of the dining room, and holidaymakers in the other half. We must have been trouble for the woman because we got a house in a couple of weeks.

In my current town there used to be an emergency housing block that had a terrible reputation.