[Enter reasons given and respond with why you are satisfied that the offer is suitable and reasonable for the applicant to accept. Use any information gathered and recorded on the suitability assessment excel spreadsheet and use the guidance in that spreadsheet for assessing the suitability to help you put together the reasons why you are satisfied that it is suitable for each of the points that may have been raised by the applicant.] The common points raised by are: applicant’s Too far from school Too far from employment Cost of extra travel Children may need to move schools Too far from family friends and support Applicant will need to transfer services received know anyone in the area of the offer Doesn’t [Now follow on:] N.B. for Housing Options Officer to include the following paragraph in the end of duty letter only if the offer of temporary accommodation is still available – This decision means that the Council is under no duty to provide you with any temporary accommodation. Or This decision means that the Council will terminate your temporary accommodation/ instruct your landlord, xxxxxxxxxxxx [enter Name], to serve you with notice to leave within xxx days [enter period] to vacate your accommodation at ____________________ [enter address]. Or if the applicant is in the type of temporary accommodation where no court order is needed to evict e.g. a public sector hostel with shared facilities let on an excluded licence then state what the period of reasonable notice is you are giving. In accordance with the procedure in cases of where an accommodation duty has Council’s ended due to an intentional act, a referral can be made if you consent to it to the Children and Families Social Services Department. Please let me know if you want a referral to be made. If you have any query regarding this letter please contact a member of the Housing Council’s Options team by phone or e-mail. Alternatively you can seek independent advice. [N.B. for Housing Options Officer to note and include in the letter if relevant – If the offer is still open (and it may not be as it is an offer from a Housing Association) you may wish to give the applicant one more chance to accept it and if so include the following paragraph:]
[Enter reasons given and respond with why you are satisfied that the offer is suitable and reasonable for the applicant to accept. Use any information gathered and recorded on the suitability assessment excel spreadsheet and use the guidance in that spreadsheet for assessing the suitability to help you put together the reasons why you are satisfied that it is suitable for each of the points that may have been raised by the applicant.] The common points raised by applicant’s are: Too far from school Too far from employment Cost of extra travel Children may need to move schools Too far from family friends and support Applicant will need to transfer services received Doesn’t know anyone in the area of the offer [Now follow on:] N.B. for Housing Options Officer to include the following paragraph in the end of duty letter only if the offer of temporary accommodation is still available – This decision means that the Council is under no duty to provide you with any temporary accommodation. Or This decision means that the Council will terminate your temporary accommodation/ instruct your landlord, xxxxxxxxxxxx [enter Name], to serve you with notice to leave within xxx days [enter period] to vacate your accommodation at ____________________ [enter address]. Or if the applicant is in the type of temporary accommodation where no court order is needed to evict e.g. a public sector hostel with shared facilities let on an excluded licence then state what the period of reasonable notice is you are giving. In accordance with the Council’s procedure in cases of where an accommodation duty has ended due to an intentional act, a referral can be made if you consent to it to the Children and Families Social Services Department. Please let me know if you want a referral to be made. If you have any query regarding this letter please contact a member of the Council’s Housing Options team by phone or e-mail. Alternatively you can seek independent advice. [N.B. for Housing Options Officer to note and include in the letter if relevant – If the offer is still open (and it may not be as it is an offer from a Housing Association) you may wish to give the applicant one more chance to accept it and if so include the following paragraph:]