The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Amendment of the Persons subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) Order 2000

3.—(1) The Persons subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) Order 2000(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2 (interpretation), omit the definition of “the Accession Regulations”.

(3) In article 3 (housing authority accommodation – England, Scotland and Northern Ireland)—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “Convention” insert “and who has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom”;

(b) in paragraph (h)(ii)—

(i) in paragraph (bb), omit “or”;

(ii) omit paragraph (cc);

(c) after paragraph (o) insert—

“(p) Class FJ—a person (P) who has indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom by virtue of Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse of the immigration rules(2) in circumstances where P is a victim of transnational marriage abandonment;

(q) Class FK—a person who has limited leave to enter or limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom and who, after making a change of conditions application, has had their no recourse to public funds condition lifted by the Home Office in accordance with section 3(1)(c)(ii) of the Immigration Act 1971, and who does not fall within Class FE or Class FG in this regulation.”.

(4) In article 7(1) (homelessness – Scotland and Northern Ireland), in sub-paragraph (a)—

(a) for “3(g) to (o)” substitute “3(g) to (q)”;

(b) for “and Class FI” substitute “, Class FI, Class FJ and Class FK”.

(1)

S.I. 2000/706; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/2521, 2008/1768, 2018/729, 2020/825, 2021/1045, 2022/242, 339, 601, 1371, 2023/530, 1142.

(2)

See article 2 of S.I. 2000/706 for the meaning of “the immigration rules”.