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New Local Authority Allocation Guidance

By NL on 05/12/2009. 2 Comments

DCLG has released the new Code of Guidance for Local Authority allocation of housing. There is a slightly unfinished page about it here and a press release here. The Code of Guidance itself is here [link to pdf].

We will come back to the Guidance in a proper post soon, but the stated principle is:

The guidance makes clear that first priority for housing must be given to those in greatest housing need. But it also encourages local authorities to make greater use of the existing freedoms and flexibilities to prioritise needs specific to their local area. It also encourages them to do more to involve and inform their

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Draft Allocations Code of Guidance

By Dave on 05/08/2009. 0 Comments

DCLoG which, by all accounts, was cockahoop over Ahmad has issued a new draft Code of Guidance on allocations for consultation: Fair and Flexible.  This amends parts of the 2002 Code and the 2008 Code on CBL.  The new draft Code is obviously aimed at correcting the old Codes in the light of Ahmad, which it does at paras 52-81 (also dealing with local lettings policies).  But the draft is also designed to deal with the BNP brigade and how to counter the “false perceptions” and “myths” about local allocations schemes through information provision, local consultation before and after the creation of the new policy, simplicity over complexity … Read the full post

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Addendum to Homelessness CoG…

By Dave on 05/08/2009. 4 Comments

DCLoG have put out supplementary guidance to local authorities on intentional homelessness in the context of applicants who face homelessness following difficulties with mortgage commitments.  I suspect if you look hard enough, you’ll find it, but it’s not obvious on the DCLoG website (it wasn’t on the “what’s new” section, even though it came out today).  It’s short and the key paras are 3-4 and 10-12.  These are generally concerned with establishing that owner-occupiers deal with mortgage difficulties in different ways, and local authorities need to be sensitive to those without just a knee-jerk IH finding.  There’s also the Birmingham v Ali decision to tie into/digest.

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