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Decision Report 202001153

Case ref:

202001153
Date:

December 2020
Body:

West Dunbartonshire Council
Sector:

Local Government
Outcome:

Not upheld, no recommendations
Subject:

Applications / allocations / transfers / exchanges

Summary

C and their family applied to West Dunbartonshire Council for housing. The council assessed C’s application and awarded 115 points. They said that C qualified for a four-bedroom property.

C said the council had not properly assessed their housing application. They said they required a five-bedroom property and the council had not properly assessed their medical needs.

We found that the points allocated to C were in line with the council’s policy. The allocation of medical points was based on the assessment of an occupational therapist (a method of helping people who have been ill or injured to develop skills or get skills back by giving them certain activities to do - OT) and their assessed was reviewed by a second OT. We therefore did not uphold C's complaint.