244 Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1LQ
CAM/12UB/HMF/2025/0003 · Cambridge · decided 15 May 2026 · rent repayment order
old rulesOut of time or no jurisdiction: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 2 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 18 Aug 2024 to 28 Feb 2025 |
| 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.
From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
recompense, but to incentivise landlords. … It conveys the message, “a landlord who commits one of the offences listed in section 40(3) is liable to forfeit every penny he receives for a 12month period”. Further, a landlord is encouraged to put matters right since he will know that, once he does so, there will be no danger of his being ordered to repay future rental payments.” 37. … (2) A rent repayment order is an order requiring the landlord under a tenancy of housing in England to— (a) repay an amount of rent paid by a tenant, or (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.” 38. Section 40(3) lists seven offences “committed by a landlord in relation to housing in England let by that landlord”. Those include “control or management of an unlicensed HMO”, and “control or management of an unlicensed house”. … The failure to licence a property is one of the less serious offences of the seven offences for which a rent repayment order may be made. … (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. …
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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