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Supreme Court allows Shelter to intervene in case on ending of main housing duty

Shelter, the national housing and homelessness charity, has been granted permission by the Supreme Court to intervene in a key case on whether a local authority’s duty to house homeless applicants under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996 ends by operation of law or whether the local authority is required to make a decision that the duty has ended.
February 04, 2026
Supreme Court allows Shelter to intervene in case on ending of main housing duty

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