The Housing Executive has a legal responsibility to help homeless people. The amount of help you're entitled to depends on whether you pass 4 homelessness. The tests look at whether you are homeless, why you are homeless, whether you're entitled to help and whether you're in greater need of help than other people.
The Housing Executive will have a duty to offer you accommodation if it is satisfied that you are a Full Duty Applicant. You will be a Full Duty Applicant if you pass all 4 homeless tests also known as “hurdles”.
If you pass all four homelessness tests, you will be given Full Duty Applicant status and will be entitled to offers of permanent accommodation from the Housing Executive and housing associations. If you fail the tests, you can ask to be assessed under the Selection Scheme. You can also challenge the Housing Executive's decision if you fail any of the tests.
If you don’t pass all four homelessness tests, or hurdles, you will not be awarded Full Duty Applicant status. You may still, however, be able to get permanently housed if you ask to be assessed under the Housing Executive’s Selection Scheme.
Dacă nu sunteți mulțumit cu decizia Housing Executive, aveți un drept legal la revizuirea deciziei. În cazul în care Housing Executive nu își schimbă decizia, dvs. tot mai aveți dreptul să vă prezentați cauza în fața Tribunalului Județean, dacă puteți demonstra faptul că Housing Executive a făcut o eroare de drept. Adăpostul temporar poate fi disponibil pe perioada cât așteptați rezultatul revizuirii sau a recursului.
