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This template enables you to offer accommodation from the housing register (social housing waiting list) when:

• you want to end the section 73 homelessness duty (the duty to help the applicant to secure accommodation), and
• the applicant is being provided temporary accommodation (under section 68).

This letter:

• assumes the property is ready to let;
• has spaces for including details about the property and the tenancy, e.g. the rent, the identity of landlord, tenancy start date;
• gives the applicant a deadline by which they must contact you;
• explains the likely consequences - for the homelessness duty - if the applicant accepts or refuses the offer of tenancy;
• sets out the matters the council has taken into account when deciding the accommodation is suitable for the applicant;
• informs the applicant of their statutory right to request a review.