Referring You to Another Area
Referring You to Another Area |
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When the Council is assessing whether or not they have a duty to house you as a homeless person, they can consider whether or not you have a Local Connection with this area.
If they discover that you appear to have a stronger local connection with another area than the one you are in now, they may try and refer you to another local authority area for housing.
The law allows this Council to seek to transfer the responsibility for housing you to the Council in the area where you do have a local connection. An exception would be if you are fleeing domestic violence (where local connection would not be considered).
If you would be at risk in a particular area, under no circumstances should attempts be made to refer you to that area. This relates to domestic and other violence.
You do have the right to request a review of a Council's decision to refer you to another area.
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If you want read about reviews, follow this link: |
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If the other Authority accept the referral, they are under a duty to find some accommodation for you whilst they consider whether other suitable accommodation is available in their district.
The notified Authority has 14 days from the date of the notification to find this accommodation for you.
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If you want to go back to reading about homelessness assessments, follow this link: |
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