In a landmark judgement issued on 25th June 2020 (AB v London Borough of Camden (HB) [2020] UKUT 158 (AAC)), the Upper Tribunal has confirmed that Housing Benefit is payable for boat licence fees because the boat licence fee if living aboard is rent.
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Landmark judgement confirms Housing Benefit for boat licence fees
Monday, June 29th, 2020Tags: Bargee Traveller's Association, boat licence fees, continuous cruising, housing benefit, judgement, liveaboards, NBTA, Universal Credit, Upper Tribunal, welfare benefits
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Restricted licence holders can vote in CRT Council election following complaint – vote by 14th February
Wednesday, February 5th, 2020CRT has relented from its decision to bar boaters on restricted 6-month licences from voting in the 2020 CRT Council election following a complaint by the NBTA. Make sure you check your postal address and/or your email as soon as possible, as CRT is not extending the election, which means everyone needs to vote before midnight on Friday February 14th 2020.
Tags: Bargee Traveller's Association, complaints, continuous cruising, CRT Council elections, CRT governance, enforcement, liveaboards, NBTA
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Boat seizure averted at 11th hour after NBTA intervention
Monday, October 28th, 2019CRT attempted to seize a boat on the K&A on Wednesday 16th October after wrongly denying the boater the opportunity to license the boat. The seizure was prevented by the intervention of the Legal Officer of the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) Nick Brown, who spoke to the police, the boater and a CRT Solicitor on the phone during the attempt to remove the boat. The owner had locked himself inside the boat which had been chained to another boat. The seizure team had begun to tow the boat away despite knowing that the owner was inside the boat. The NBTA intervened after the police had threatened to arrest the boat owner if he did not leave the boat.
Tags: Article 8, Bargee Traveller's Association, British Waterways Act 1971, British Waterways Act 1983, Data, enforcement, enforcement team, GDPR, liveaboards, Lucy Barry, NBTA, Nick Brown, Section 8, Sheila Shaw
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Boaters are Travellers
Friday, February 5th, 2010The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has given its opinion that ‘bargee travellers’ are covered by Section 225 of the Housing Act 2004 which defines who is a traveller.
Tags: Bargee Traveller's Association, continuous cruising, DCLG, equality, moorings, traveller's rights
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