Housing case law - Rightsnet

2 September, 2024

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

16 August, 2024

Supreme Court rules that non-compliance with ‘right to manage’ statutory notice framework did not invalidate claim made by RTM company

A1 Properties (Sunderland) Ltd v Tudor Studios RTM Company Ltd [2024] UKSC 27

9 August, 2024

High Court rules B&B accommodation offered to intentionally homeless family in priority need was unsuitable due to children’s mental health needs

ZRR, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Bexley [2024] EWHC 2073 (Admin)

2 August, 2024

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

31 July, 2024

High Court rules that a council’s ‘manifestly insufficient’ enquiries into a homeless family’s housing needs in turn led to an unlawful assessment of the suitability of out of area accommodation

UO v London Borough of Redbridge [2024] EWHC 1989 (Admin)

11 July, 2024

High Court rules that Withdrawal Agreement did not enable claimant granted pre-settled status to extend or disapply domestic rules requiring additional social assistance eligibility conditions

Fertre v Vale of White Horse District Council [2024] EWHC 1754 (KB)

1 July, 2024

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

20 June, 2024

Freeholder’s available remedies for breach of settlement agreement included seeking forfeiture of lease

29 Buckland Crescent Management Company Limited v White [2024] EWHC 1480 (Ch)

17 June, 2024

High Court dismisses homeless refugee’s challenges to council’s decision he was not in priority need, and Home Office’s policy change that shortened the move-on period from asylum accommodation

ZR v London Borough of Haringey & Anor [2024] EWHC 1476 (Admin)

17 June, 2024

High Court rules that freeholder was not entitled to declaration that it could replace old block heating system with new one that would increase leaseholders’ repair and maintenance costs

Triplark Ltd v Whale & Ors [2024] EWHC 1440 (Ch)

3 June, 2024

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

23 May, 2024

High Court rules that the mere fact of making a fresh homelessness application does not automatically or impliedly constitute the abandonment of a prior application subject to an extant appeal

Fertre v Vale of White Horse District Council [2024] EWHC 1234 (KB)

20 May, 2024

Court of Appeal rules that Care Act 2014 does not impose a duty on local authorities to provide accommodation if the individual is eligible for housing under the Housing Act 1996

Campbell, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Ealing [2024] EWCA Civ 540

17 May, 2024

High Court rules that council tax listing officer’s decision to list each en-suite bedroom in shared flats separately, rather than treat them as a single dwelling, was lawful

Howard Gardens Manco Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Formela-Osborne (Listing Officer) [2024] EWHC 1112 (Admin)

1 May, 2024

Round-up of recent Upper Tribunal housing case law

25 April, 2024

Court of Appeal rules that a council did not breach family’s Article 9 ECHR rights by making suitability decision without placing particular weight on their preference for a single-faith school

Ghaoui v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2024] EWCA Civ 405

19 April, 2024

High Court finds council breached duty to provide ‘suitable’ interim accommodation having left a family in B&B accommodation for six months before deciding their homelessness application

Pickford, R (On the Application Of) v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council [2024] EWHC 756 (Admin)

17 April, 2024

High Court rules widower retained secure tenancy and right to buy despite living elsewhere

Weintraub v London Borough of Hackney [2024] EWHC 845 (Ch)

16 April, 2024

High Court in Northern Ireland considers whether a disabled claimant’s living arrangements satisfied the tenancy condition for an award of a Disabled Facilities Grant

In the matter of an application by (a person under a disability) by her mother and next friend for judicial review [2024] NIKB 24