PB v Stoke-on-Trent City Council (HB): [2026] UKUT 372 (AAC)
The Upper Tribunal found that the First-tier Tribunal made legal errors when assessing whether a tenancy was not on a commercial basis under regulation 9(1)(a) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006. The decision emphasises that the correct test is the statutory wording itself, with proper fact-finding and weighing of relevant factors, rather than comparisons to a hypothetical commercial landlord.
