Harrow Council 'delayed providing homeless help' to mum with young child

Harrow Council 'delayed providing homeless help' to mum with young child

Harrow Council failed to provide emergency accommodation to a mum and young child who had been made homeless whilst it looked into their immigration status and connection to the area, an investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) found. The mum – referred to in the report as Miss D – complained that Harrow Council mishandled her homelessness application. The local authority didn’t check that Miss D and her child had somewhere to live …