UK Homelessness Section 202 Review Request Letter
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Your Decision Letter
Tell us when the council notified you of the decision and what it says. The 21-day clock for a section 202 review runs from the date you were notified.
This letter will cite
Housing Act 1996 Part VII (as amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017) — ss.184, 188, 189(1), 189A, 191, 193, 195, 199A, 202, 203 and 204 + Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2003 (SI 2003/3326) + statutory Code of Guidance + Nzolameso v Westminster City Council [2015] UKSC 22
Your letter will request a statutory review under section 202 of the Housing Act 1996, ground by ground, within the 21-day deadline; ask the senior reviewing officer to apply s.203; preserve your right to a County Court appeal on a point of law under s.204; and (where you are still without suitable accommodation) ask the authority to continue interim accommodation under s.188(3) while the review is pending.
Section 202 only applies in England & Wales. Scottish and Northern Irish applicants will be redirected to the correct procedure.
The 21-day section 202 deadline runs from the date you were NOTIFIED of the decision — not the date on the letter if you received it later.
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