The law requires me to decide whether you have a priority need for being: a pregnant woman or a person with whom a pregnant woman resides or might reasonably be expected to reside. a person with whom dependent children reside or might reasonably be expected to reside. a person who is homeless or threatened with homelessness as a result of an emergency such as flood, fire or other disaster. a person who is vulnerable as a result of old age, mental illness or handicap or physical disability or other special reason, or with whom such a person resides or might reasonably be expected to reside. I am satisfied that (a) or (c) do not apply to your circumstances as you are not claiming to be homeless due to a fire, flood or other disaster. Nor does the criteria a) for pregnancy apply, and you do not live with anyone who is pregnant I have therefore concentrated my enquiries on b) and d) and have made the following 2 assessments to decide whether you have a priority need: I have assessed whether you have dependent children who live with you all or part of the time or might reasonably be expected to. Separately, I have assessed whether you, or any other member of your household, are in priority need due to any vulnerability that would meet the criteria set by the homeless legislation and case law. This part of our assessment is very important because if you were in priority need, we would owe you a duty to make sure you had accommodation. Unfortunately, my decision is that you do not have a priority need 2) The inquiries I have made and the information I have considered I have made the following inquiries and taken the information I have obtained from those inquiries fully into account in making my decision: [The officer should list the inquiries made. There are examples of the common enquiries and suggested wording below]: I have made a full assessment to decide whether you have dependent children who live with you, who might reasonably be expected to live with you, and if they did, would be dependent on you. I have considered any letters from solicitors, or court orders, or the outcome of any mediation to discuss the arrangements for children. I have also carried out a full assessment of any possible vulnerability you may have and the impact any vulnerability may have on you if you were to remain homeless. I have used an assessment of vulnerability form to undertake a comprehensive assessment.
The law requires me to decide whether you have a priority need for being: a pregnant woman or a person with whom a pregnant woman resides or might reasonably be expected to reside. a person with whom dependent children reside or might reasonably be expected to reside. a person who is homeless or threatened with homelessness as a result of an emergency such as flood, fire or other disaster. a person who is vulnerable as a result of old age, mental illness or handicap or physical disability or other special reason, or with whom such a person resides or might reasonably be expected to reside. I am satisfied that (a) or (c) do not apply to your circumstances as you are not claiming to be homeless due to a fire, flood or other disaster. Nor does the criteria a) for pregnancy apply, and you do not live with anyone who is pregnant I have therefore concentrated my enquiries on b) and d) and have made the following 2 assessments to decide whether you have a priority need: I have assessed whether you have dependent children who live with you all or part of the time or might reasonably be expected to. Separately, I have assessed whether you, or any other member of your household, are in priority need due to any vulnerability that would meet the criteria set by the homeless legislation and case law. This part of our assessment is very important because if you were in priority need, we would owe you a duty to make sure you had accommodation. Unfortunately, my decision is that you do not have a priority need 2) The inquiries I have made and the information I have considered I have made the following inquiries and taken the information I have obtained from those inquiries fully into account in making my decision: [The officer should list the inquiries made. There are examples of the common enquiries and suggested wording below]: I have made a full assessment to decide whether you have dependent children who live with you, who might reasonably be expected to live with you, and if they did, would be dependent on you. I have considered any letters from solicitors, or court orders, or the outcome of any mediation to discuss the arrangements for children. I have also carried out a full assessment of any possible vulnerability you may have and the impact any vulnerability may have on you if you were to remain homeless. I have used an assessment of vulnerability form to undertake a comprehensive assessment.
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