The payment of water rates was not part of the obligation of a local authority paying housing benefit paid by the tenant to the water supplier. Water rates were not paid by her ‘in respect of, or in consequence of, use and occupation of the dwelling’ At common law a person in occupation of land under such terms would themselves be expected to contribute financially. The words must be read restrictively, and benefit was not payable.
Citations:
Times 16-Nov-1999
Statutes:
Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 No 1971 10 (1) (d)
Benefits, Housing
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.85148