In message , at 08:57:25 on Fri, 11 Nov
2016, tim... remarked:
So you can't get housed faster - you need to wait at least six
months,
already live in the district and be able to bid ...

If your need is greater at the six month milestone than a local,
you'll get housed after six months, and the local sometime never,
having waited years. That's faster.

But surely your need is greater at the zero-day milestone, since you have
no housing at that stage. And. apparently can't get any, even though
locals at the zero-day stage can.

but your need is only greater as you have made yourself intentional
homeless by leaving a perfectly good house back in your home country to
move somewhere where you couldn't afford the local rate for
accommodation.

It's more likely that the worker had perfectly affordable accommodation,
five to portakabin in some farmer's back yard. The problems arise when
his wife and family arrive later. You are very likely to get into
trouble under the HRA if you refuse to house them if they have enough
points.

if a Brit did that, intra-UK, he would be barred from getting on the
list at all.

Perhaps for a permanent home (I don't have a cite) but the council has a
duty to temporarily house the homeless (in B&B if necessary, but if
they've got a house available they may regard that as the cheaper
solution for the local taxpayers).
--
Roland Perry