Q: What changes are made to the Local Connection rules? Q: Does the new legislation mean that you could have the situation where there you have an applicant who does not have a local connection but is owed the prevention duty but if they become homeless and the prevention duty therefore ended the Council would be able to refer the relief duty to an authority where they did have a local connection? Q: Can we refer the person to the authority where they do have a local connection during the period of time that we owe an applicant a prevention duty? If we were able to refer during the prevention duty period it would mean the authority where the applicant has a local connection could accept the relief duty immediately the prevention duty with us comes to an end? Q: Can we refer the relief duty 189B to a local authority in Wales if the local connection is they have a similar relief of homelessness duty their section 73 there? Don’t – under the Welsh Legislation? MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS: CODE OF PRACTICE, RECORING Page 61 PREVENTION, IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HOUSING ALLOCATION SCHEME AND OTHER ISSUES Q: What is a statutory code of practice? Is it the same as the Code of Guidance? Q: What is the extended duty under section 179 to provide advisory services? Q: Is this extended duty to ensure there is a service designed to meet the needs of certain vulnerable groups a duty to develop and provide Pathway Plans for each vulnerable group? Q: How is the HRAct likely to impact on a local homelessness application authority’s figures? Q: How is the HRAct likely to impact on acceptances of the main duty cases? Q: We currently record prevention and relief currently under Section E10 of the P1E. How is the recording of prevention and relief likely to change? Q: Does the HRAct have implications for our Social Housing Allocation Scheme? Will we have to amend out Allocation Policy?
Q: What changes are made to the Local Connection rules? Q: Does the new legislation mean that you could have the situation where there you have an applicant who does not have a local connection but is owed the prevention duty but if they become homeless and the prevention duty therefore ended the Council would be able to refer the relief duty to an authority where they did have a local connection? Q: Can we refer the person to the authority where they do have a local connection during the period of time that we owe an applicant a prevention duty? If we were able to refer during the prevention duty period it would mean the authority where the applicant has a local connection could accept the relief duty immediately the prevention duty with us comes to an end? Q: Can we refer the relief duty 189B to a local authority in Wales if the local connection is there? Don’t they have a similar relief of homelessness duty – their section 73 under the Welsh Legislation? MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS: CODE OF PRACTICE, RECORING PREVENTION, IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HOUSING ALLOCATION SCHEME AND OTHER ISSUES Page 61 Q: What is a statutory code of practice? Is it the same as the Code of Guidance? Q: What is the extended duty under section 179 to provide advisory services? Q: Is this extended duty to ensure there is a service designed to meet the needs of certain vulnerable groups a duty to develop and provide Pathway Plans for each vulnerable group? Q: How is the HRAct likely to impact on a local authority’s homelessness application figures? Q: How is the HRAct likely to impact on acceptances of the main duty cases? Q: We currently record prevention and relief currently under Section E10 of the P1E. How is the recording of prevention and relief likely to change? Q: Does the HRAct have implications for our Social Housing Allocation Scheme? Will we have to amend out Allocation Policy?