9 Albert Grove, Southsea, Hants PO5 1NG
CHI/00MR/HMC/2023/0003 · Portsmouth · decided 1 Feb 2024 · rent repayment order
old rulesDismissed: the tribunal did not make a rent repayment order in this decision. See the original for its reasons.
| Offence | Unlicensed HMO; also improvement notice not complied with, harassment, violence for securing entry, prohibition order not complied with, breach of a banning order, unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 6 tenants |
| Rent | £2,660 per month |
| 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
The Hearing. … None of the Applicants attended. The hearing was due to start at 10.00am. The Tribunal waited until 10.20am to allow additional time for the Applicants, in case they had been delayed, before commencing the hearing. The Tribunal spoke to the case officer and was satisfied that the Applicants had been given proper notice of the date time and venue of the hearing. Indeed the date time and venue for the hearing was clearly set out in bold print in the Directions made by the Tribunal on 15 November 2023. In the circumstances the Tribunal proceeded in the absence of the Applicants to determine the application on the basis of the written evidence submitted and the oral submissions made by the Respondent at the hearing. … The Application. … Secondly, that the property was at a material time an unlicensed HMO thereby committing an offence under section 72(1) of the Housing Act 2004. … However in a statement of case dated 5 December 2023 the Applicants went further and contended that the Respondent was guilty of committing all seven offences listed in the table set out in section 40(3) of the 2016 Act. In the circumstances the Tribunal proceeds upon the basis that it is the Applicant’s case that the Respondent was guilty of committing all seven offences. …
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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