“…Similarly, turning to domestic cases, in R (HA) v Ealing London Borough Council [2015] EWHC 2375 (Admin); [2016] PTSR 16, Goss J considered, obiter, whether the local authority’s policy that applicants for secure accommodation under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 must have l…”
“…t, he held, the WHPS was justified. Part of Sir Terence’s reasoning was based on an obiter statement by Goss J in R (HA) v Ealing LBC [2015] EWHC 2375 (Admin), [2016] PTSR 16. That case concerned a residence requirement which had to be satisfied before a person was eligible to join the housing register at all. The requirement was sa…”