Housing benefit rules breach disabled rights, says court

This is good news. I have a family with a child showing signs of ADHD and /or another sort of behavioral / personality disorder. It manifests itself in anger outbursts and a refusal to comply with parental instructions or other authoritative figures. A lock has to be placed on doors in the house  to prevent him harming others and potentially himself in areas like the kitchen and bathroom areas. His destructive behaviour is over and above the normal parameters of a child of his age.  These conditions are hard enough to diagnose in the first place. It has a massive destructive effect on the family. the solution is not easy but a separate bedroom would at least allow management of the problem to be more effective.
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Despite lukewarm support from health workers and social services we have not manage to secure a separate bedroom allowance for the 6yr old who is forced to share with his brother. Both brothers are disadvantaged in their ongoing development. A common sense approach is needed.  This ruling may help. If not then this will go on until one hits 16yrs  which is 10 yrs away!  That is unacceptable. The writing is on the wall ( literally in this case)! 
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I have tried to garner the relevant professional bodies together to address the issues. Social services / health workers / housing benefits/ EHO / family doctor / police. I have failed. I havent had even the courtesy of a reply from some  of them    This results for me is damage over and above the norm to doors, walls  and  decorations. They live i a 4 bed but are only entitled to a 3. the tenant was going to make up the difference but hasnt. Another child has been born now but this doesnt affect the room entitlement. The problems are getting worse. I have to consider eviction. 
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 The family is dysfunctional anyway and social services and the police have been involved on several occasions. It is everyone`s interests to work in partnership to resolve the multifaceted and multirisk problems which present themselves to enable them to stay there. I will raise the matter again in light of this ruling but i expect to be stonewalled as on previous occasions. I just hope for the families sake a harmful incident does not happen which then retrospectively leads to an enquiry as to what went wrong. The danger signs are there already but no professional body will take a lead on it. I live in hope they will one day!

Your tenants clearly are not showing any responsibility re procreation.
They are storing up further problems for you in the future.
Would you really wish to retain them as tenants.
I am sure you could easily source better tenants.
Unless you can afford to be philanthropic should you really be wasting your valuable time on these wrongun's.
I am sure you will be able to source a less dysfunctional family.
I think this one has caught you out.
You don't normally get caught out;  but this one has ocurred after the fact.
Therefore your normal initial DD has to be exercised after they have been long standing tenants.
I would readvertise the property and see what response you might obtain and then you may well consider evicting them.
At the end of the day it is nothing personal, just buisness.
You are not a social service.

An interesting take on it  Paul.....On going minor philanthropic acts  are perhaps a theme that does run through my management style.  Behind it though at its core is a solid business plan   which allows me to be more flexible and supportive with families such as these. I  make substantial financial gains by immersing myself in this market.  Its a complex interactive system and style I use that some do not understand. It has its merits though and has positive benefits for all financially and socially. 
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Yes  I am a social service in that  I provide homes for the a whole range of socially disadvantage people who others would not entertain. This is my forte and a niche which works for me. 95% of the time it goes well and I allow for the inevitable 5% of the time when it comes up short.  Some tenancies are much more time intensive than others and this is one of them.  And because my strategy is  successful I can afford to take a long term view with this family unit. Its hard to explain my strategy in depth here but financially for me and socially for them it is best for them to stay at my property.   This family wont be going anywhere soon. They will be helped.   

I think your strategy you utilise is one to be admired.
Not many LL would choose your methodology  in dealing with 'difficult' tenants.
You clearly have an adaptable niche market which you are prepared to be involved in.
I think it is very much a case of each to their own.
Actively seeking and dealing with problem tenants is certainly a market you won't be facing much competition in from other LL!!!
There will be continuing increasing amounts of tenants unable to source tenancies due to their dysfunctional nature.
Targeting such dysfunctional tenants is it seems a valid business methodology for you.
All power to you.
For myself I choose not to involve myself with such tenants;  if I can avoid it!!?
Clearly  you have processes in place to manage this market segment then your business decision to involve yourself with these tenant types cannot in anyway be considered inappropriate .
Infact quite astute!!
It is fortunate for these dysfunctional tenants that there are LL like you prepared to be involved with them.
But rather you than me.
I have enough trouble with supposed 'normal' tenants!!!? .