Akhtar v Birmingham CC [2011] EWCA Civ 383
A local housing authority is not obliged to give reasons for a favourable homelessness review decision or when making an offer of accommodation it considers suitable.
Nik Nicol appeared as counsel for Mrs Akhtar.
The homeless applicant rejected an offer of accommodation due to its location. The local housing authority upheld her review. When she was made another offer in the same location, she thought she could reject for the same reason. In fact, her previous review had been upheld for a different reason. She claimed it was unfair that the authority had not given their proper reasons either when upholding her previous review or when making the further offer of accommodation. The Court of Appeal held that the authority was not obliged, on the facts of this case, to give reasons at either stage.
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