Overturning 3 year old private sector discharge of the main homeless duty
From first appearance our client had the main homeless duty discharged in 2021 when she accepted a private rented sector offer and her housing waiting list account was closed.
Client Signs a Secure Tenancy Agreement for Decant Accommodation
Mr X was the secure tenant of a council property which suffered from disrepair including a serious mice infestation.
Accommodation pending review – GTS secures mandatory injunction from the High Court to accommodate vulnerable client
Upon release from prison, our vulnerable client applied as homeless with his local authority and was deemed not homeless due to the fact he has a secure tenancy with the same local authority.
Success in ‘gatekeeping’ homeless JR
We succeeded in our urgent application in this ongoing JR, getting our very vulnerable client moved into accommodation after she became ‘homeless from home’.
Fresh Start for Tenant in Possession Claim
We took on this case after the tenant’s relationship broke down with her previous solicitor.
Housing Team Secures Future Housing for Premature Twins
We acted for our client, who had formerly had problems with heroin addiction, to secure her a new two bed tenancy in a safe area.
Council review decision of client’s living standards and award higher priority
Our client had been living in a very small studio flat with her 10 year old daughter for over 3 years.
Review of suitability of temporary accommodation – GTS secures positive decision that client’s current temporary accommodation is not suitable.
Our client was placed by the local authority (Southwark Council) in temporary accommodation out of borough in Tower Hamlets, after they accepted they owed her and her family the main housing duty under section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended).
Successful Judicial Review claim against Lambeth Council
Our client had been registered on Lambeth council’s housing waiting list with her husband. When our client separated from her husband, the council gave her a new housing waiting list account which meant she lost over 5 years waiting time.
Client permanently rehoused after alleging racial discrimination by his landlord
Our client was living in a shared house ran by a housing association on an assured shorthold tenancy. Our client was Eritrean, and for the 7 years he had lived there all the other tenants had also been Eritrean.
