Tribunal Ruling Blow to Bedroom Tax Tenants

The vast majority of appeals against the bedroom tax on discrimination grounds are now likely to fail following a landmark tribunal ruling. An upper tier tribunal – which is binding on other British courts – ruled last month that all first-tier tribunals must follow a High Court ruling in favour of the bedroom tax, which means more than 100 current claims against the policy are unlikely to succeed.

The tribunal ruled in favour of the government’s policy against a disabled Inverclyde housing association tenant and concluded that all courts must follow a High Court ruling that the bedroom tax was not a breach of the European Convention of Human Rights because, although it was discriminatory against disabled people, it was justified because it was government policy. Read more on Inside Housing.