PART III
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Duties of local housing authorities with respect to homelessness and threatened homelessness

Interim duty to accommodate in case of apparent priority need.
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If the local housing authority have reason to believe that an applicant may be homeless and have a priority need, they shall secure that accommodation is made available for his occupation pending a decision as a result of their inquiries under section 62.
2
This duty arises irrespective of any local connection which the applicant may have with the district of another local housing authority.
Pt. III (ss. 58-78) repealed (20.1.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 227, Sch. 19 Pt. VIII; S.I. 1996/2959, art. 2 (subject to transitional provision in Sch. para. 1)