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Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 HOMELESSNESS

    1. Help to prevent homelessness

      1. 1.Meaning of “threatened with homelessness”

      2. 2.Help to prevent an applicant from becoming homeless

    2. Assessment of needs and plans for securing accommodation and support

      1. 3.Duty to assess and notice of outcome of assessment

      2. 4.Prevention, support and accommodation plans

    3. Reviews

      1. 5.Right to request a review

    4. Reform of duties to secure accommodation

      1. 6.Duty to secure accommodation for eligible homeless persons with a local connection to Wales

      2. 7.Circumstances in which the duty to secure accommodation for applicants comes to an end

      3. 8.Interim duty to secure accommodation for homeless applicants

    5. Abolishing entitlement by reference to priority needs and intentional homelessness

      1. 9.Abolition of differences in entitlement related to priority need

      2. 10.Abolition of differences in entitlement related to intentional homelessness

    6. Local connection referrals

      1. 11.Referral of cases to another local housing authority

      2. 12.Meaning of local connection

      3. 13.Exemption from referral to another local housing authority

      4. 14.Duties to applicants in referral cases

      5. 15.Cases referred from a local housing authority in England

      6. 16.Notice to applicants in referral cases

    7. Further homelessness prevention duties

      1. 17.Help to retain suitable accommodation secured in exercise of homelessness functions

      2. 18.Duty to contact certain applicants after duty in section 75 comes to an end

    8. Unacceptable behaviour that brings duties to an end

      1. 19.Further circumstances in which the duties to help applicants end

    9. Duty to ask and act

      1. 20.Duty of a specified person to ask and act

      2. 21.Duty to refer persons in England to a local housing authority in Wales

    10. Provision for vulnerable people

      1. 22.Duty to ensure young people leaving care have suitable accommodation

      2. 23.Protocol for handling cases involving care leavers etc.

      3. 24.Protocol for handling cases involving persons in particular need of support

      4. 25.Protection of property: prisoners

      5. 26.Duty to provide information, advice and assistance: detained persons

      6. 27.Definition of “abuse”

    11. Seeking the views of homeless persons

      1. 28.Duty to seek the views of homeless persons in exercise of homelessness functions

    12. Condition of accommodation

      1. 29.Suitability of accommodation

      2. 30.Reports on use and condition of interim accommodation

    13. Co-operation

      1. 31.Co-operation

      2. 32.Co-operation between social landlords and local housing authorities

    14. Viewing accommodation

      1. 33.Viewing accommodation

  3. PART 2 SOCIAL HOUSING ALLOCATION

    1. Ineligibility for allocation of social housing

      1. 34.Ineligibility for allocation of housing as a result of unacceptable behaviour

    2. Preference for persons in allocation schemes

      1. 35.No preference for persons who try to manipulate the housing system

      2. 36.Preference for young people leaving care

    3. Registers

      1. 37.Housing registers

  4. PART 3 MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

    1. Miscellaneous

      1. 38.Guidance to local housing authorities on rent guarantees

      2. 39.Review of the operation and effect of changes made by this Act

    2. General

      1. 40.Interpretation

      2. 41.Minor and consequential provision

      3. 42.Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc.

      4. 43.Coming into force

      5. 44.Progress reports on bringing the Act into force

      6. 45.Short title

    1. SCHEDULE

      MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISION

      1. 1.Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

      2. 2.Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)

      3. 3.Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7)

      4. 4.Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)

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