Judgement to Force Changes to Benefit Rules

Housing benefit rules for private rented tenants discriminate against disabled people and will have to be changed, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The Court of Appeal has found that the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, which restrict benefit according to property size, discriminate against disabled people because they do not allow an additional room to be paid for where two children cannot share because of disabilities. The ruling means the government will have to change the regulations.  Read more on Inside Housing.