205 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4EH
BIR/00FY/HMA/2018/0003 · Nottingham · decided 17 Dec 2018 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | £325 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 23 Jul 2017 to 4 Apr 2018 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked) |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £1,338.75 per applicant on average; £2,677.50 in total for 2 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 50%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
Read from the PDF automatically. Amounts are totals for the decision, across all its applicants; the maximum is left out of the statistics until it has been checked.
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 table described in s40(3) includes at row 5 an offence contrary to s72(1) of the 2004 Act: “control of unlicensed house”. … However, by subsection (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. … The section then specifically provides in relation to an application by a tenant (2)A rent repayment order under this section may be made only on an application under section 41. (3)The amount of a rent repayment order under this section is to be determined in accordance with— (a)section 44 (where the application is made by a tenant). … The table prescribes that for an offence mentioned in row …. 5,….. of the table in section 40(3) the amount must relate to rent paid by the tenant in respect of a period, not exceeding 12 months, during which the landlord was committing the offence. … Decision. … This application was issued on 17 September 2018 within twelve months of the commission of the offence. …
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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