65, Hughenden Drive, Leicester, LE2 7PX
BIR/00FN/HMK/2024/0022 · Leicester · decided 15 Jan 2025 · rent repayment order
old rulesfigures not yet checked| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £768.69 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 18 Mar 2023 to 17 Mar 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £9,224.34 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £2,767.30 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 30%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £320 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
(b)pay a local housing authority an amount in respect of a relevant award of universal credit paid (to any person) in respect of rent under the tenancy. … (the general description of offences has been omitted) Act Section 1 Housing Act 2004 95(1) 42. … (2)A tenant may apply for a rent repayment order only if, (a)the offence relates to housing that, at the time of the offence, was let to the tenant, and (b)the offence was committed in the period of 12 months ending with the day on which the application is made. … (2)A licence under this Part is a licence authorising occupation of the house concerned under one or more tenancies or licences within section 79(2)(b). (3)Sections 87 to 90 deal with applications for licences, the granting or refusal of licences and the imposition of licence conditions. (4)The local housing authority must take all reasonable steps to secure that applications for licences are made to them in respect of houses in their area which are required to be licensed under this Part but are not so licensed. …
An extract from the part of the decision that sets the amount. To keep people's names out, any sentence that might contain one is left out (marked …). The full reasons are in the original decision.
The original
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