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CAM/34UF/HMF/2023/0002 · West Northamptonshire · decided 3 Apr 2024 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 11 Mar 2021 to 11 Mar 2022 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | not stated as one figure (or not yet checked); £1,500 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £3,085.33 per applicant on average; £9,256 in total for 3 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 80%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £900 |
| 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
The decision to make a RRO award is therefore discretionary. However, because the offence under section 72 (1) Housing Act 2004 was established the Tribunal found no reason why it should not make an RRO in the circumstances of this case. Amount of the RRO 34. … This section provides that when the First-tier Tribunal decides to make a RRO under section 43 and two conditions are met, the amount of the award is to be the maximum the Tribunal has power to order under section 44 or 45. Condition 1 is that the order is made against a landlord who has received a financial penalty which has no prospect of being appealed. … However, the offence that is the subject of this application is section 72(1) which is row 5 of the table in section 40(3); section 46 therefore does not apply. … The Applicants all provided bank statements showing the rent that was paid to the Respondent. … This meant that he had paid £70 per week for 15 weeks and £80 per week for 37 weeks giving a total amount of rent paid as £4, 010 for the relevant period. … The Respondent was not at the hearing and was not able to provide any further detail regarding this payment. It was not clear whether this was rent that had been paid in advance i.e for the period after 11 March 2022. …
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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