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Consultation outcome
Offering suitable housing to homeless people
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Original consultation
This consultation ran from 31 May 2012 12:00am to
26 July 2012 11:45pm
Summary
A consultation on the proposed draft Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012.
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Consultation description
The Localism Act 2011 enables local authorities to end the main homelessness duty by arranging an offer of suitable accommodation in the private rented sector, without requiring the applicant’s agreement.
The proposed draft Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012 sets out those circumstances in which accommodation used for the private rented sector offer to end the main homelessness duty is not to be regarded as suitable. It also looks at how best to strengthen requirements in relation to location and suitability, when local authorities secure accommodation for the use of households owed duties under the homelessness legislation.