Council failed to properly consider capacity of household to make homelessness application, Ombudsman finds – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 12th, 2025 in news by Simon

‘The London Borough of Redbridge has been recommended to pay £6,950 by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman after it failed to properly assess the capacity of three family members to make a homelessness application when they told the council they were suffering domestic abuse.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 12th September 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk