Recent housing benefit decisions

Decisions of Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals) on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit

These lists are provided to help housing benefit specialists keep up to date with the latest cases. They are updated as new decisions are added to the database, selected for reporting or upheld/reversed in the superior courts.

Note: decisions on issues common to all income-related benefits are also relevant and can be found in search categories: Capital; Earnings and other income; Income support and state pension credit; Recovery of overpayments; Marriage and living together; Residence and presence conditions; Revisions, supersessions and reviews.

If you are interested in a specific issue that is not covered by the search categories try searching the Notes field on the Search for Decisions page by key word.

Note:
From 3 November 2008 the new Upper Tribunal has taken over the work of the Social Security, Child Support and Pensions Appeal Commissioners. The Commissioners formerly handled appeals from tribunals that are now covered by the Social Entitlement Chamber, and the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal. The Upper Tribunal also deals with appeals from the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal.

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