Allocations under Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996

Applications for housing accommodation
15
For section 166 (information about housing register) there is substituted—

Applications for housing accommodation

Applications for housing accommodation
166
1
A local housing authority shall secure that—
a
advice and information is available free of charge to persons in their district about the right to make an application for an allocation of housing accommodation; and
b
any necessary assistance in making such an application is available free of charge to persons in their district who are likely to have difficulty in doing so without assistance.
2
A local housing authority shall secure that an applicant for an allocation of housing accommodation is informed that he has the rights mentioned in section 167(4A).
3
Every application made to a local housing authority for an allocation of housing accommodation shall (if made in accordance with the procedural requirements of the authority’s allocation scheme) be considered by the authority.
4
The fact that a person is an applicant for an allocation of housing accommodation shall not be divulged (without his consent) to any other member of the public.
5
In this Part “district” in relation to a local housing authority has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68).
S. 15 wholly in force at 31.1.2003; s. 15 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 20(1); s. 15 in force for W. at 27.1.2003 by S.I. 2002/1736, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2; s. 15 in force for E. at 31.1.2003 by S.I. 2002/3114, art. 3