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Simon Rahilly, "Housing Homeless Young People", in "Social Work Law: an Interface for Policy and Practice Development", Liverpool Law Review XIX/2 (1997), 143-158: The Housing Act 1996 introduced new legislation for the homeless. This article seeks to explore the duties that Housing Departments have to young homeless people by means of a critical examination of key parts of the legislation and some of the extensive case law that has sought to clarify the minimum requirements of housing authorities. It will identify those areas where there should be liaison and joint working with Social Services Departments, which may also have duties to young homeless people under the provisions of the Children Act 1989. Specifically the article will consider the importance of an assessment by Social Services in decisions about homelessness, priority need, intentionality and the suitability of any accommodation secured. But whilst joint working should be encouraged, it may be frustrated by a mutual scepticism and an overriding concern to protect scarce departmental resources. e-mail: S.J.RAHILLY@livjm.ac.uk

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