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<title>My RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.gethoused.co.uk/index.html</link><description>Hot News&#x21;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><language>en</language><dc:date>2018-01-04T11:48:16+00:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:06:07 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title>The Media Does Not Want To Tell People How To Get Housed</title><category>homelessness</category><category>media</category><dc:date>2018-01-04T11:48:16+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.gethoused.co.uk/Blog/files/Homeless_Media.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gethoused.co.uk/Blog/files/Homeless_Media.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I believe that 'Get Housed' is a truly important publication and that the information in it is incredibly useful to everyone who is homeless, in insecure accommodation as well as those who work with or advise individuals and families in such a position. 

...I want to write about what happened because it shows how manipulative the national media is in terms of the type of information we are given about a problem and how that shapes our perception of it - in a way that does not reflect reality. 


...I innocently thought that perhaps the Guardian would be genuinely interested in the book Get Housed as a practical solution for people in housing need.  

...Imagine if whenever you turned on the TV, tuned in the radio or picked up a newspaper, all you saw were positive stories of people doing amazing things, inspiring things, creating initiatives, changing things for the better, working together, making their bit of the world a better place. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>When to Deliberately Go Out Of Your Way To Get Someone Made Homeless</title><category>tips</category><category>homelessness</category><dc:date>2017-04-13T16:04:18+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.gethoused.co.uk/Blog/files/compensation.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gethoused.co.uk/Blog/files/compensation.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Unlike duties to secure accommodation under Part 7 HA1996 (the homelessness legislation), the duty to rehouse under section 39 of the LCA1973 applies to all displaced persons, not just those who the council consider to have a priority need for accommodation (and their household members)." 

..."A council will have a duty to make a home loss payment when a person is displaced from a dwelling following the making of a Housing Order, which is deemed as a PO made under section 20 or 21 of the HA2004. ...  &hellip; To qualify for a home loss payment, a person must have occupied the land as their only or main residence for at least one year up to the date of displacement and have an interest or right to occupy the dwelling, as de ned in section 29(4) of the LCA1973. 

...Obviously, you will be arguing this because you just don&rsquo;t want to see someone living in such bad conditions and you are hoping the council can help (what you are really hoping for of course is an apparently catastrophic eviction of the person from their home). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Quickest Way to Eligibility for EEA Nationals</title><category>Law</category><dc:date>2017-03-20T15:49:24+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.gethoused.co.uk/Blog/files/BigIssueEligibility.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gethoused.co.uk/Blog/files/BigIssueEligibility.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In short, the quickest way for any EEA national to become eligible for housing, no matter how short a time they have been here, is to simply become a Big Issue seller.  

...In Get Housed, I go into the characteristics of self employment in more depth but it appears that selling the Big Issue is a very simple way around all the usual hurdles to demonstrating self employment. 


You can read the Big Issue's own guidance on this here: https://goo.gl/beXAvJ  Essentially, it comes across to me as being very cleverly written to tread an absolute middle line between Big Issues sellers being employed by the Big Issue and Self Employed; the conditions contain elements of both tests. 

...Interestingly, while the Upper Tribunal Course case is not technically binding on other authorities, Bristol Council could find no grounds of law on which to appeal this case and so therefore, neither will any other local authority when faced with a similar case. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Homeless Applications: The First Step to Getting Housing</title><category>Legal</category><category>Government</category><dc:date>2017-03-02T19:15:37+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.gethoused.co.uk/Blog/files/homeless_applications.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gethoused.co.uk/Blog/files/homeless_applications.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Fact 2: Every Local Authority (your local council), has a legal duty to provide accommodation to a great many people facing homelessness and a legal duty to investigate almost every approach for help made to them and issue a reviewable decision letter to that person. 


...It means that every housing department of every local council in every area of England has to find ways to not house most of the people who come through their doors asking for help.  ...  Having worked in the sector for years my experience is that most people do not get either a) the help they need or b) even the chance to exercise what few legal rights they do have. 


...Most local authority staff are not are not legal specialists and with the right information, you can make sure that you maximise your chances of getting housed by your local council.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The 3 biggest mistakes support agencies make when representing someone in housing need.</title><category>tips</category><dc:date>2015-10-01T11:05:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.gethoused.co.uk/Blog/files/Advice_Tips.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gethoused.co.uk/Blog/files/Advice_Tips.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If they have successfully engaged with services or overcome any kind of adversity to still triumph against all odds even when homeless, write it in bold,&nbsp; so that your Local Authority really know that they are dealing with a true &lsquo;go-getter&rsquo; here.   Let them know that this person has done everything possible to pull themselves together and turn their life around even when homeless, so that the only missing, remaining, final piece needed is accommodation, whereupon they will be a veritable model tenant.


...If you go along as well you are more than likely going to muddy the waters with questions about homelessness, priority need and obscure tests of whether a person really is vulnerable. 

...The scenarios given above&nbsp;are probably the most common ways in which representation of a homeless person (or anyone in housing need) by a support organisation either actively hurts that person&rsquo;s application or doesn&rsquo;t play enough of an active part to make a difference (and yes, I do appreciate the impact of stretched resources, on everyone). ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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