Regime change
Posted: November 9, 2012 Filed under: Homelessness, Welfare reform Leave a commentAnyone applying to their local authority as homeless faces a new regime from today and there are real doubts about how it will work on the ground.
The new power for local authorities to discharge their duty to homeless people into the private rented sector represents a fundamental break with the system established in the Housng (Homeless Persons) Act in 1977.
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Jules Birch 