Heavey v The Greater London Authority

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Case number: ________________________ IN THE COUNTY COURT AT CENTRAL LONDON BETWEEN THE QUEEN on the application of Declan Heavey Claimant - and -

The Greater London Authority Defendant

CLAIMANT’S PARTICULARS OF CLAIM

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On 17 May 2014 the Claimant and his wife were granted their tenancy by Family Mosaic Housing Association as clients of the Mayor of London's Housing First rough sleeping service (GLA Housing First) with support from the Single Homeless Project (SHP), one of three charitable organisations funded by the Defendant to operate the Housing First programme within the Greater London area.

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Housing First is an internationally acclaimed programme for entrenched rough sleepers, the core principle of which is the provision of permanent accommodation and non-compulsory support (Johnsen with Teixeira, 2010). These principles are contained in a funding agreement (the Agreement) between the Defendant and SHP dated 13 March 2014, which provides that “clients who meet the criteria for a Housing First offer will be offered long term tenancies…. Long term tenancies would mean for a minimum of two years with the possibility to extend and preferably for the lifetime of the client.”

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