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In England, local authorities have duties to homessless people under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002. There are five hurdles which a homeless person must overcome in order to qualify as statutory homeless. If an applicant only needs the first three of these tests Councils still have a duty to provide intermin accommodation. However an applicant must satisfy all five for a Council to have to give an applicant "reaonable preference" on the social housing register. The five tests are: *Is the applicant homeless? *Is the applicant eligible for assistance? *Is the applicant priority need? *Is the applicant intentionally homeless? *Does the applicant have a local connection? Given the costs of providing temporary accommodation and the limit amount of social housing in the United Kingdom some Councils have been criticised for attempting to circumvent their duties under the law a process which has been termed "gatekeeping". The term "Non-statutory homelessness" covers people who are considered by the local authority to be not eligible for assistance, not in priority need or "intentionally homeless".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://homeless.org.uk/about-homelessness )〕 ==Reasons for homelessness== In 2007/2008, the Office of the Deputy for Homelessness Statistics produced a table which showed some of the more immediate reasons for homelessness in England.〔Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Homelessness Statistics, ("Reasons for Homelessness in England" ), 2005/2006.〕 These were not underlying reasons but before the onset of homelessness. These reasons were given by the minister's report for 2007/2008 as:〔("Housing needs, homelessness and lettings" ), ''UK Housing Review 2007/2008'', University of York, England.〕 * 37% - Parents, family, or friends no longer willing or able to accommodate * 20% - Loss of private dwelling, including tied accommodation * 19% - Breakdown of relationship with partner * 4% - Mortgage arrears * 2% - Rent arrears * 18% - other The longer term causes of homelessness in England have been examined by a number of research studies. These suggest that both personal factors (e.g. addictions) and structural factors (e.g. poverty) are responsible for homelessness. A number of different pathways into homelessness have been identified. 〔Harding, Irving and Whowell,("Homelessness, Pathways to Exclusion and Opportunities for Intervention" ), 2011, The Cyrenians and Northumbria University School of Arts and Social Sciences Press.〕 There are additional factors that appear to be causes of homelessness among young people, most notably needing to face the responsibilities of independent living before they are ready for them 〔Harding, 2004, "Making it Work: the Keys to Success Among Young People Living Independently", 2004, Bristol: The Policy Press.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homelessness in England」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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