s/he will be offered emergency and interim accommodation. His/her application for a housing allocation should not attract any reasonable preference given to homeless applicants but should attract the reasonable preference given to people for other reasons (medical or social need, overcrowded or insanitary conditions, etc). The local authority should seek, so far as is practicable, to bring their duty towards such cases to an end by offering private accommodation (but can offer social housing if it so chooses - but if it does so the offer must be in line with its published allocations policy). The local authority must serve a notice on the applicant explaining their decision which the law says should: inform the applicant that their decision was reached on that basis include the name of the restricted person explain why the person is a restricted person, and explain the effect of the relevant legislation . Housing and benefit applications for parents with care of a British child An EEA citizen has the right to live in any EEA member state and this includes a child even where his or her parents are not themselves a citizen of a member state. In order for a child to exercise that right it follows that their parent or (carer) must be able to live and work there (Ruiz Zambrano) . This right enjoyed by the parent with care is a right to reside under EU law and therefore: s/he is eligible for homelessness assistance and/or a housing allocation if they