62 Duty to assess

Applications for Help and Assessment

62  Duty to assess

(1)     A local housing authority must carry out an assessment of a person's case if—

(a)     the person has applied to a local housing authority for accommodation or help in retaining or obtaining accommodation,

(b)     it appears to the authority that the person may be homeless or threatened with homelessness, and

(c)     subsection (2) does not apply to the person.

(2)     This subsection applies if the person has been assessed by a local housing authority under this section on a previous occasion and the authority is satisfied that—

(a)     the person's circumstances have not changed materially since that assessment was carried out, and

(b)     there is no new information that materially affects that assessment.

(3)     In this Chapter, “applicant” means a person to whom the duty in subsection (1) applies.

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