Shropshire Council may consider you intentionally homeless if you have become homeless as a result of something you have deliberately done, or failed to do. There are two areas that may be considered.

The first area

• The applicant must deliberately do something, or have failed to do something, the consequence of which s/he has ceased, or the likely result will be that s/he will have to cease, occupation of accommodation, which was or is available.
• It must have been reasonable for the applicant to have continued to occupy accommodation, and
• The applicant must have been aware of all the facts before deliberately taking, or failing to take, the actions referred to in the above.

The second area

• The applicant enters into an arrangement under which s/he is required to cease to occupy the accommodation.
• It must have been reasonable for the applicant to have continued to occupy the accommodation;
• The purpose of the arrangement is to enable the applicant to become entitled to assistance under Part VII of the 1996 Act, and
• There is no other good reason why s/he is homeless or threatened with homelessness.

Shropshire Council are unlikely to consider you intentionally homeless if they decide that:

• it was not reasonable for you to stay in your last home
• you left home because of violence or fear of violence
• your home went with your job and you lost it through no fault of your own, or you gave it up for good reason
• you did not know your rights

Each application is looked at individually on its own merits.

For more information about homelessness, please contact our Housing Option Team.

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