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the population live in local authority areas without a single housing legal aid
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provider. Certain areas of housing law remain in scope of the legal aid scheme,
such as homelessness assistance, but for those residing in a local authority area
without advice, it is likely to be extremely difficult to access it. Outside of major
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cities, coverage of legal aid housing contractors is greatly diminished:
pack’ (Number CDP 2018/0230, 31 October 2018) p. 2 available at https://researchbriefings.files.parlia
ment.uk/documents/CDP-2018-0230/CDP-2018-0230.pdf
128 With 59% of the population living with one or less, the Law Society, ‘Parliamentary Briefing: Housing
legal aid deserts’ (24 April 2019) available at https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/policy-campaigns/public-
affairs/parliamentary-briefing/legal-aid-deserts/. Recent analysis suggests the situation has got worse and
that as at February 2020, 52% of authorities had no provider, see note 60 above.
129 Available at https://the-law-society.carto.com/builder/f0668e77-52e4-48c8-a3e4-
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