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We appreciate that in many circumstances an application for accommodation may be refused by a local authority, and sometimes without good reason. The individual may feel that this decision was unfair and should be challenged.
If a person is already homeless, but does not have a local connection in the area where the homeless application is being submitted, that council can refer the applicant to a different council if the person has a local connection to another area; and
the person is not at risk of domestic abuse or violence there.
Broadly speaking, a tenant is free to do what they want within the area that is leased to them, as long as they comply with their obligations in the tenancy agreement
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