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Meaning of “Dwelling”
HB can only be paid on a dwelling. The SSA act defines a dwelling as “any residential accommodation”. I’ve got a case where the council refused to pay benefit on an emergency Xmas night shelter for people with no other home, because it was in an old, commercially rated, warehouse.
Any thoughts on this. I can argue that the term “dwelling” means somewhere where someone actually lives, however it is classed, but is there any help in any other leglislation, or any useful case law?