Becoming homeless from homeless accommodation (Kyle v Coventry City Council)

Table of contents

• What are the practical implications of this case?
• What was the background?
• What did the court decide?
• Case details

Article summary

Local Government analysis: A case addressing the tricky area of intentional homelessness and the reasonable to occupy test when someone loses temporary accommodation which had been provided under the main section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 (HA 1996) homeless duty. The appellant had been evicted from a homeless hostel following warnings over anti-social behaviour. The respondent local authority found him to be intentionally homelessness. He argued that he could not be found to be intentionally homeless as the temporary accommodation had never been accommodation reasonable for him to continue to occupy, and that instead he had remained legally homeless notwithstanding the fact that he had been housed under the main section 193 duty. Written by Kevin Long, solicitor at Hackney Community Law Centre.