Housing Act 1985

22 Allocation of housing.E+W

A local housing authority shall secure that in the selection of their tenants a reasonable preference is given to—

(a)persons occupying insanitary or overcrowded houses,

(b)persons having large families,

(c)persons living under unsatisfactory housing conditions, and

(d)persons towards whom the authority are subject to a duty under section 65 or 68 (persons found to be homeless).