Housing Act 1996

166 Information about housing register.E+W

(1)A person on the housing register of a local housing authority is entitled—

(a)to see the entry relating to himself and to receive a copy of it free of charge, and

(b)to be given such general information as will enable him to assess how long it is likely to be before housing accommodation appropriate to his needs becomes available for allocation to him.

(2)The fact that a person is on an authority’s housing register, and the information about him included in the register, shall not be divulged to any other member of the public.