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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-suitability-of-accommodation-wales-order-2015/article-3",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1268",
  "legislation_title": "The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (Wales) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homelessness-suitability-of-accommodation-wales-order-2015",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In determining for the purposes of Part 2 of the 2014 Act whether accommodation is suitable for a person who is, or may be in priority need, there must be taken into account, where appropriate, the following matters relating to a person who is either the applicant, or who is a member of the applicant’s household—\n(a) the specific health needs of the person;\n(b) the proximity and accessibility of family support;\n(c) any disability of the person;\n(d) the proximity and accessibility of medical facilities, and other support services which—\n(i) are currently used by or provided to the person; and\n(ii) are essential to the well-being of the person;\n(e) where the accommodation is situated outside the area of the authority, the distance of the accommodation from the area of the authority;\n(f) the significance of any disruption which would be caused by the location of the accommodation to the employment, caring responsibilities or education of the person; and\n(g) the proximity of alleged perpetrators and victims of domestic abuse.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 27.4.2015, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the definition of “priority need” in section 70 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1268/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:34:48.360186+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}