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10 September 2020 / Nicholas Dobson
Issue: 7901 / Categories: Features , Public , Housing , Equality
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Nicholas Dobson reports on housing deception & the public sector equality duty

In brief

  • The extent to which the public sector equality duty in s 149 of the Equality Act 2010 might trump a housing possession claim where the tenant had obtained the tenancy through deception.
  • Even after paying due regard to the public sector equality duty and material disabilities, the landlord could lawfully have decided to continue with the possession claim and was highly likely to have done so.
  • The appeal was allowed but the claim remitted to the judge to determine whether it is reasonable to make the order for possession.

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