Councils may have to review their emergency housing
payment policies after a High Court ruled that routinely considering disability
benefit when calculating discretionary housing payments is unlawful. The High
Court has quashed Sandwell Council’s decision to lower its discretionary
housing payment (DHP) award to a bedroom-tax hit couple because they received
disability living allowance (DLA). In September 2013, the council granted a
lower DHP award to a disabled couple because it calculated their DLA as part of
their income when they applied for help to cover the bedroom tax. The couple,
who live in a three bedroomed specially adapted property, took a judicial
review against the local authority in October 2013, arguing that its decision
was discriminatory. Read more on Inside Housing.
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