Housing Authority To Allow Overcrowding?
Harouki v Kensington and Chelsea Royal London Borough Council [2007] EWCA Civ 1000
CA
17 October 2007
Weekly Law Notes Summary
A housing authority considering an application from a tenant to be treated as homeless on the ground of statutory overcrowding was entitled, under s 177(2) of the Housing Act 1996, to have regard to the prevailing housing conditions in the area and to conclude, even though occupation of overcrowded accommodation was a summary offence under s 327 of the Housing Act 1985, that the accommodation was not so crowded that it would be unreasonable for the tenant to continue to occupy.