FI15480

Request

1. Does your local authority routinely consider people living with HIV to have a priority need for social housing?

a) – What criteria do you use to determine whether a person living with HIV has a priority need for social housing?

b) – Do you use the MHCLG “Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities” to assess whether a person living with HIV has a priority need for social housing?

2. Does your local authority have the sufficient time and resources to assess the priority need for social housing of a person living with HIV?

3. Are there further resources or guidance that do not currently exist that would help your local authority assess if a person living with HIV had a priority need for social housing? 

Response

1. No

(a) We would take into account any submitted supporting medical evidence such as the health of the person, medication, current accommodation.

(b) This is taken into account when assessing for priority need.

2. Yes

3. The Council does not hold this information.