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Homelessness Reduction Act 2017

2017 c.13 · 13 provisions

An Act to make provision about measures for reducing homelessness; and for connected purposes

  • Section 1: Meaning of "threatened with homelessness"
  • Section 2: Duty to provide advisory services
  • Section 3: Duty to assess all eligible applicants' cases and agree a plan
  • Section 4: Duty in cases of threatened homelessness
  • Section 5: Duties owed to those who are homeless
  • Section 6: Duties to help to secure accommodation
  • Section 7: Deliberate and unreasonable refusal to co-operate: duty upon giving of notice
  • Section 8: Local connection of a care leaver
  • Section 9: Reviews
  • Section 10: Duty of public authority to refer cases to local housing authority
  • Section 11: Codes of practice
  • Section 12: Suitability of private rented sector accommodation
  • Section 13: Extent, commencement and short title

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This legislation text comes from legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.

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