A lawyer in Shelter’s strategic litigation team whose work is focused on direct / indirect discrimination in housing is looking for evidence to provide to the court in a case for a disabled homeless refugee who is routinely being given less than 48 hours’ notice of each fortnightly temporary accommodation booking (despite the council accepting that they have a duty to re-house her in suitable long term accommodation)..
In Shelter’s 2021 “Still Living in Limbo” report, it was revealed that this practice of giving short notice of temporary accommodation bookings is common: “Two thirds (62%) of people were given less than 48 hours’ notice when they were last moved between temporary accommodation placements.”
For example were you at a significant disadvantage compared to non-disabled people because you were unable to
• Physically pack up and move their belongings without help, quickly or on short notice
• Pay for packing and removal assistance services
• Psychologically cope with the additional stress and pressure of having to repeatedly wait in uncertainty not knowing where you would be going each fortnight / in the next 24 hours
We need this information by Monday June 17th please. Could you also say if we can pass on your contact details to the solicitor in case she needs to contact you.
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