Documents

A letter for notifying a homeless applicant that both the s.189B relief duty and s.188 interim accommodation duty have ended because they have deliberately and unreasonably refused to take a compulsory step in their housing plan.

This particular letter is for when:

• you provided interim accommodation as well as accepting the relief duty, and
• you have decided the applicant does not have a priority need,

and therefore

• no further homelessness duty is owed.

Alternative letters are available if you're ending the relief duty because of non-cooperation in the following circumstances:

• Applicant does not have a priority need and the section 188 accommodation duty was not previously accepted (so no further duty is owed)
• Applicant has a priority need but became homeless intentionally (s.190 duty now owed)
• Applicant has a priority need and did not become homeless intentionally (main housing duty would ordinarily be owed, but s.193C(4) duty instead now owed)

The letter assumes you have already given the applicant the 'relevant warning' notice and given him or her a reasonable period of time to carry out the steps in their housing plan.