Caselaw summaries

Housing benefit (HB) - housing costs – meaning of ‘adapt the dwelling’ for disablement needs

Housing benefit (HB) - tribunals - First-tier Tribunal cannot review one of its decisions on its own initiative

Housing benefit (HB) - local housing allowance - one-bedroom self-contained accommodation - meaning of 'exclusive use' of rooms

Council tax benefit (CTB), housing benefit (HB) - overpayment - official error - claimant disclosure not recorded by local authority

Housing benefit (HB) - amounts for children – shared care – restriction to person receiving child benefit not unlawful

Housing benefit (HB) - cohabitation - importance of emotional aspect of relationship - traditional guidelines not exhaustive

Housing benefit (HB) - local housing allowance size criteria and eligible rent reduction ('bedroom tax') - whether in breach of human rights of disabled people

Housing benefit (HB) - claim by young child - national insurance number requirement - liability to pay rent

Housing benefit (HB) - exempt accommodation - definition of 'voluntary organisation'

Housing benefit (HB) - overpayment - recovery from landlord - where landlord unaware that claimant had left property