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Comment on Inside Housing article by rehoused

rehoused — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:32:03 +0000

No problems, glad that this blog isn’t a complete waste of space!

Comment on Inside Housing article by NL

NL — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:22:01 +0000

You lovely person. You have no idea just how timely your discovery of that London Councils paper was…

Comment on Gatekeeping – Common Local Authority Boll**ks by simplywondered

simplywondered — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:48:28 +0000

i love the way they are choice-based lettings! (ie fuckall choice)

Comment on Housing Law advice quality guidance by Cait

Cait — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:23:18 +0000

Was he?

Oooh credit to him then – as I’ve wafted it around to quite a few people.

Cait

Comment on Gatekeeping – Common Local Authority Boll**ks by rehoused

rehoused — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:12:16 +0000

Thanks Nearly

I think 3 was the trickiest to summarise in a few lines. I have found that sometimes Social Services utterly fail to help or even start an assessment so the only thing to do is get the LA’s Homeless Departments to help whilst one tries to bludgeon Social Services into doing what they are paid to do.

Not that they are call Homeless Departments anymore obviously.

Comment on Housing Law advice quality guidance by rehoused

rehoused — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:03:08 +0000

Yup I agree it is useful, must be due to the fact that Mr Flack was part of it

Comment on Housing Law advice quality guidance by Nearly Legal

Nearly Legal — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:06:04 +0000

It is actually a good and quite useful document – good practice points abound.

Comment on Gatekeeping – Common Local Authority Boll**ks by Nearly Legal

Nearly Legal — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:04:22 +0000

This is excellent stuff.

Just one small addition on 3. – although a 16/17 year old can decide to to approach social services, anyone who may want ‘child in need’ support – and it is better than just homeless assistance – must make sure/be advised to approach social services. The effect of of G v Southwark is that an approach to the HPU as homeless does not count as an approach to social services by itself. However, housing provided under HA 1996 Part VII will count as accommodation under s.20 Children Act once the approach to social services has been made and need assessed.

16/17 year olds should be advised/assisted accordingly.

Comment on Subsidising LSC contracts – legal? by rehoused

rehoused — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:27:16 +0000

Thanks Ben, I didn’t know that although it doesn’t suprise me in the least…

Comment on Subsidising LSC contracts – legal? by Ben

Ben — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:06:50 +0000

Re: paying for your own QM assessments – did you know that they calculate the cost based on numbers of staff? And that they count part-time paid staff as full-time? And that they count volunteers as welll – even if they only do a few hours a week (though they do have the discretion to remit the charges for up to 60% of vols).

So small agencies with, say three FTE posts spread across 7 workers and ten volunteers can be charged as if they have 17 members of staff!

Gggggrrrr…