Supplementary A - London Borough of Hillingdon

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ENQUIRIES
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Customer Services Advisers on 01895 250147.
2. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Hillingdon Council keeps a housing register of people who want to be considered for
housing by them.
The Council’s allocation scheme operates in accordance with law contained in 1996
Housing Act Part 6 and the amendments made by the Homelessness Act 2002.
In order to ensure that appropriate priority is given in accordance with the above, the
Council decides all policies and the proportion of allocations made to homeless
households.
Additional preference is given to those in urgent need at the discretion of the
Housing Authority.
We have the right in certain circumstances to allocate outside the LOCATA scheme S167
(2E) Housing Act 2002. See Section 18
Eligibility for allocation of housing
Certain persons subject to immigration control are not eligible for the allocation of
housing under the housing law such as:
♦ Over-stayers and visitors to the country
♦ Illegal entrants
♦ Asylum seekers
♦ People in the country on condition that they will not have recourse to public funds
♦ “Persons from abroad” who fail the habitual residence test
♦ “Persons from abroad” who are in breach of the European Community Right of
Residence directive
♦ “Persons from abroad” who have been the subject of a sponsorship agreement for
less than five years and whose sponsors are still alive.
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Updated: February 2007