The local authorities won't recognise them as a priority need, so they are destitute.
And subpoena power, while potentially useful, is not a priority need.
An independent reviewer upholds the initial finding that she does not have priority need.
Households not in priority need who refuse to cooperate would be provided with advice and information only.
Applicants have to show that they are not what is defined as intentionally homeless and meet criteria for priority need.
i had a woman who with a 2 month old baby who was refused help despite being priority need also.
And now I've found out that I've been refused housing because apparently I'm not considered to be in priority need.
The local authority has no council housing despite rising homelessness, with more than 600 households in priority need.
Since the new legislation came in, during the same three months in 2015, only 210 households were found not to be in priority need.
But despite being comparatively progressive, legislation in these countries fails the many single homeless people who are not deemed to be in priority need.
Most homeless single people – including, bizarrely, some rough sleepers – typically would not have qualified for help because they were deemed as not in "priority need".
