Clause 7. Housing need

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Housing need

7.1

A person must have a persistent housing need that is-

(a)

serious; or

(b)

severe and must be addressed immediately.

7.2

In determining the housing need in subclause 7.1, the Agency must have regard to the following factors:

(a)

affordability;

(b)

adequacy;

(c)

suitability;

(d)

accessibility;

(e)

sustainability.

7.3

(Revoked)

7.4

Clause 7.5 applies to a person if, pursuant to clause 7.4 of the Ministerial Direction on Continued Eligibility for Social Housing, the agency determines that a person has declined an offer to be let social housing by a social housing provider without (in the opinion of the agency) a good and sufficient reason.

7.5

If the person applies again to be assessed as eligible to be allocated social housing within a period of 13 weeks after declining that offer, then his or her declining of that offer without a good and sufficient reason must be taken into account as a material factor, along with any material change of circumstances of the person or any person included in that offer, in assessing whether the person has a persistent housing need that is serious or severe.

7.6

In clause 7.5, person included in that offer has the same meaning as person included in the offer in clause 7.8 of the Ministerial Direction on Continued Eligibility for Social Housing.