A TEENAGER has failed in a bid to stop his homeless family from being rejected for social housing by Oxford City Council.

The sixth-form student, referred to as SD, appealed to the High Court after the council refused an application he made for accommodation on behalf of his parents and three siblings.

He made the application after he and his family were evicted from their home in March for not letting the “landlord to come in and carry out works and repair”. The landlord then obtained a possession order, evicting the family-of-six.

The city council rejected his parents’ application as they were considered to be “intentionally homeless” due to the possession order.

His application was rejected because the council said it would allow his parents to live with him.

Yesterday Mr Justice Ouseley, sitting in London, said it was clear that SD wanted his family “to have a house and for life to go on as before”.

But the judge said that the 17-year-old’s case was “unarguable”.

He added that if parliament had intended to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to obtain “back-door entry for those others disqualified it would have done so – and it did not”.

Mr Justice Ouseley also said that the application made by SD was “a device” to get around the rules.

The judge advised Oxford City Council to stop providing the family temporary accommodation “at considerable expense” by Monday.

Mr Justice Ouseley said to the defence lawyers: “Your clients have had ample time to find accommodation”.