Documents

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

This particular letter is for when:

• you have not secured interim accommodation under section 188 of the Housing Act 1996, 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 where the applicant is occupying interim accommodation, and you have decided:

• the applicant does not have a priority need (no further duty owed)
• the applicant has a priority need but became homeless intentionally (s.190 duty now owed)
• the applicant has a priority need and did not become homeless intentionally (main housing duty would usually 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.