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Category: Housing

Case of Lawrence – Court wrongly issued information about a spent conviction

Friday, 27 March 2020 by Rachel Tynan
Lawrence contacted us concerned that a crown court had provided information about his spent conviction without the proper authority. Lawrence had a spent conviction from 12 years ago which could still be found on the internet. His local residents’ association had used the information they found online to request a Certificate of Conviction from the
  • Published in Case studies - Case work, Case studies - Organisations, Case work, Housing, Normal life, Policy successes
Tagged under: conviction certificate, gdpr, HMCTS, ineligible checks, spent convictions

Government guidance on homelessness makes it clear that spent convictions should be ignored

Monday, 26 February 2018 by Christopher Stacey (Co-director)
In the government’s updated Homelessness code of practice, it has made clear that convictions that are spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 should be ignored. Chapter 23 focuses on “people with a offending history”, and section 23.29 reads: “23.29 People with an offending history face barriers to accessing accommodation across tenures. Housing authorities providing
  • Published in Housing, News & Media

Court makes it clear – spent convictions shouldn’t be taken into account for housing applications

Tuesday, 13 December 2016 by Christopher Stacey (Co-director)
Read more on our information site.
  • Published in Housing, News & Media

People with convictions to be banned from joining Harlow Councils list

Tuesday, 12 February 2013 by unlockadmin
We’ve contributed to a discussion on BBC Essex, looking at the news that Harlow Council is seeking to amend their housing allocations policy which would mean that people with convictions would be banned from join the housing list. You can listen to the interview below. The was followed by an article in the Guardian, which
  • Published in Housing, Unlock in the media
Tagged under: Housing, news&media

Police checks on potential council tenants

Saturday, 31 December 2011 by unlockadmin
We’ve taken part in a radio discussion on BBC West Midlands to discuss a local council with a proposed policy of carrying out police checks on potential council tenants. This is available to listen to below (in two parts)
  • Published in Housing, Unlock in the media
Tagged under: Housing, news&media

 

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