An application for a loan or grant toward the costs of repair could constitute steps being taken to make premises habitable. The applicant owned a substantial property which had fallen into disrepair. He claimed housing benefit for the property where he actually lived. The refusal of housing benefit because of the capital value of the … Continue reading Regina v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council; Housing Benefit Review Board, Ex Parte Kapur: QBD 28 Jun 2000