20 Persons to have priority on housing list and allocation of housing
Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (1987 c 26) | Legislation

20  Persons to have priority on housing list and allocation of housing

[(1)     A social landlord must, in relation to all houses held by it for housing purposes, secure that in the selection of its tenants a reasonable preference is given to the persons mentioned in subsection (1ZA).

(1ZA)     The persons are—

(a)     persons who—

(i)     subject to subsection (1A), are homeless persons and persons threatened with homelessness (within the meaning of Part 2), and

(ii)     have unmet housing needs,

(b)     persons who—

(i)     are living under unsatisfactory housing conditions, and

(ii)     have unmet housing needs, and

(c)     tenants of houses which—

(i)     are held by a social landlord, and

(ii)     the social landlord selecting its tenants considers to be under-occupied.

(1ZB)     For the purposes of subsection (1ZA), persons have unmet housing needs where the social landlord considers the persons to have housing needs which are not capable of being met by housing options which are available.]

[(1A)     Homeless persons and persons threatened with homelessness (within the meaning of Part 2) are to be disregarded for the purposes of subsection (1) if they would not be such persons without the local authority having had regard to a restricted

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