BN v (1) Liverpool City Council (2) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (HB): [2020] UKUT 28 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge West on 22 January 2020.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 4 March 2020

• Categories: Housing and council tax benefits
• Sub-categories: Housing and council tax benefits - payments that are eligible for HB [regulation 12 and Schedule 1]
• Judges: West, M
• Decision date: 22 January 2020

Read the full decision in CH/257/2019.

Judicial Summary

Housing benefit – rent allowance – long lease of flat which restricted ownership to a maximum of 75% of the value of the property with no rent payable on the remaining 25% - whether shared ownership lease for the purposes of regulation 12(2)(a) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 – whether Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council v. DA (HB) [2014] UKUT 431 (AAC) correctly decided.

Decision selected for reporting as [2020] AACR 19

Published 4 March 2020