Applications for housing accommodation

166 Applications for housing accommodation

1

A local housing authority shall secure that—

a

advice and information is available free of charge to persons in their district about the right to make an application for an allocation of housing accommodation; and

b

any necessary assistance in making such an application is available free of charge to persons in their district who are likely to have difficulty in doing so without assistance.

2

A local housing authority shall secure that an applicant for an allocation of housing accommodation is informed that he has the rights mentioned in section 167(4A).

3

Every application made to a local housing authority for an allocation of housing accommodation shall (if made in accordance with the procedural requirements of the authority’s allocation scheme) be considered by the authority.

4

The fact that a person is an applicant for an allocation of housing accommodation shall not be divulged (without his consent) to any other member of the public.

5

In this Part “district” in relation to a local housing authority has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68).