 For example, in "R v Hillingdon Borough Council, ex parte Pulhofer" [1986] AC 484, the local authority had to provide homeless persons with accommodation.The applicants were a married couple, who lived with their two children in one room and applied to the local authority for aid.The local authority refused aid because it considered that the Pulhofers were not homeless and the House of Lords upheld this decision because whether the applicants had accommodation was a question of fact for the authority to determine.