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Children and local authority duties

Local authorities have specific duties towards the dependent children of a person applying as homeless.

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Duties in relation to children

In exercising any of its duties in relation to someone who is homeless or threatened with homelessness who has dependent children, a local authority must have specific regard to the best interests of those children. [1]

Last updated: 7 May 2020

Footnotes

  • [1]

    s.32(8) Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, as inserted by s.3(4)(c) Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 and amended by art.9(b)(i) Homelessness (Abolition of Priority Need Test) (Scotland) Order SI 2012/330