70 Priority need for accommodation
Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (2014 anaw 7) | Legislation

70  Priority need for accommodation

(1)     The following persons have a priority need for accommodation for the purposes of this Chapter—

(a)     a pregnant woman or a person with whom she resides or might reasonably be expected to reside;

(b)     a person with whom a dependent child resides or might reasonably be expected to reside;

(c)     a person—

(i)     who is vulnerable as a result of some special reason (for example: old age, physical or mental illness or physical or mental disability), or

(ii)     with whom a person who falls within sub-paragraph (i) resides or might reasonably be expected to reside;

(d)     a person—

(i)     who is homeless or threatened with homelessness as a result of an emergency such as flood, fire or other disaster, or

(ii)     with whom a person who falls within sub-paragraph (i) resides or might reasonably be expected to reside;

(e)     a person—

(i)     who is homeless as a result of being subject to domestic abuse, or

(ii)     with whom a person who falls within sub-paragraph (i) resides (other than the abuser) or might reasonably be expected to reside;

(f)     a person—

(i)     who is aged 16 or 17 when the person applies

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