ABSTRACT
PUBLIC HOUSING: ADMISSION AND ALLOCATION
THE GENERAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Rules, discretion and information
Nonetheless in aggregate these provisions made few inroads, whether procedural or substantive, into the broad array of allocation systems and policies adopted by local authorities throughout England, Wales and Scotland; no machinery for selection was prescribed, rules were not required to be published and there was no opportunity for scrutiny, challenge or review. Indeed such discretion had been viewed by government as advantageous in allowing maximum freedom to respond to local circumstances, although it was recognised that there was still scope for
Part U The law in practice
considerable improvement in this field (Scottish Development Department, 1977a).
