PART 2HOMELESSNESS

CHAPTER 2HELP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR THREATENED WITH HOMELESSNESS

Key terms

I1I259Suitability of accommodation

1

In determining whether accommodation is suitable for a person, a local housing authority must have regard to the following enactments—

a

Part 9 of the Housing Act 1985 (slum clearance);

b

Part 10 of the Housing Act 1985 (overcrowding);

c

Part 1 of the Housing Act 2004 (housing conditions);

d

Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 (licensing of houses in multiple occupation);

e

Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004 (selective licensing of other residential accommodation);

f

Part 4 of the Housing Act 2004 (additional control provisions in relation to residential accommodation);

g

Part 1 of this Act (regulation of private rented housing).

2

In determining whether accommodation is suitable for a person, a local housing authority must have regard to whether or not the accommodation is affordable for that person.

3

The Welsh Ministers may by order specify—

a

circumstances in which accommodation is or is not to be regarded as suitable for a person, and

b

matters to be taken into account or disregarded in determining whether accommodation is suitable for a person.