Caselaw summaries

Housing benefit (HB) – definition of ‘close relative’

Housing benefit (HB) - this decision of the Supreme Court (comprising several decisions in individual cases) concerns the lawfulness of the so-called 'bedroom tax' rules in housing benefit (at regulation 813 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, SI No.213).

Housing benefit (HB) - capital - second property rented out to tenants - whether a business asset

Housing benefit (HB) - right to reside - income right to reside insufficient for HB - regulations were validly made

Housing benefit (HB) - liability for rent - definition of 'owner' - where claimant subject to restraint order and confiscation order

Housing benefit (HB) - 'bedroom tax' - meaning of 'bedroom' - overcrowding legislation not a determinative test

Housing benefit (HB) - bedroom tax – female victims of domestic violence and disabled children with overnight carer – unlawful discrimination

Council tax benefit (CTB), housing benefit (HB), income support (IS) - right to reside – pregnancy and retained worker status

Housing benefit (HB) - overpayment – deduction of notional entitlement of claimant's wife

Housing benefit (HB) - payment of rent direct to landlord - regulation 95(1)(b) Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 No.213