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Kate McCauley appointed as Housing Rights new Chief Executive
Kate McCauley appointed as Housing Rights new Chief Executive … Housing Rights Executive Committee are delighted to announce the appointment of Kate McCauley as the organisation’s new Chief Executive. Kate’s career has been dedicated to protecting and …
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Accessibility statement … This accessibility statement refers to housingrights.org.uk. It does not apply to any third-party sites we use. To make our website as easy to use as possible for every person who visits we use version 2.1 of the Web Content …
No DSS: Court says policy is unlawful
No DSS: Court says policy is unlawful … So-called 'No DSS (Department for Social Security)' policies have never been successfully challenged in court before as the defendants generally settle, with a number of such settlements receiving media attention …
Getting advice when needing to sell
Getting advice when needing to sell … Due to a change in her finances Amy could no longer afford to keep the property that she had been letting out. She told her tenants about the sale and they started to look for somewhere else to live. Amy wanted to …
Helping a destitute person with homelessness
Helping a destitute person with homelessness … A vulnerable person who is destitute should contact the Housing Executive for help. But the Housing Executive cannot help if the person has no recourse to public funds. Social services may have a limited …
Homelessness help for young people
Homelessness help for young people … Social services and the Housing Executive should work together when a person aged 16 or 17 presents as homeless. The Housing Executive can assess a 16 or 17-year-old for homelessness. But if social services provide …
Discharging the full duty to accommodate
Discharging the full duty to accommodate … The Housing Executive must provide accommodation to a person who is: homeless eligible for assistance in priority need unintentionally homeless Offers of accommodation The Housing Executive has a duty to ‘secure …
Putting the US in hoUSing
Putting the US in hoUSing … We commissioned Involve to carry out research to better understand work already happening in Northern Ireland and further afield to support people to be involved in decisions made about housing and homelessness. It was also …