Flat 2, 12 Elphinestone Road, Southsea, Hampshire PO5 3HR
HAV/00MR/HMC/2025/0002 · Portsmouth · decided 15 Jan 2026 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Improvement notice not complied with |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £600 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 2 May 2024 to 1 May 2025 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £7,200 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £5,760 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 80%, from the two figures above |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £337 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
Having determined that a rent repayment order should be made, the Tribunal next considered what the amount of such order should be. … The Tribunal was provided with no evidence as to whether the Respondent had any prior convictions for relevant offences or whether he owned a portfolio of properties or just the Property. Method of assessing amount of order. Section 46 of the 2016 Act specifies circumstances where the Tribunal is obliged to make a rent repayment order in the maximum amount (subject to exceptional circumstances). These do not apply here. The Tribunal therefore has discretion as to the percentage of the rent it can order be repaid. … Section 44 of the 2016 Act specifies the factors that the Tribunal must take into account in making a rent repayment order. … That guidance is summarised as follows: (i) ascertain the whole of the rent for the relevant period; (ii) subtract any element of that sum that represents payment for utilities that only benefited the tenant, e.g. gas, electricity and internet access; (iii) consider how serious the offence was, both compared to other types of offence in respect of which a rent repayment order may be made (and whose relative seriousness can be seen from the relevant maximum sentences on conviction) and compared to other examples of the same type of offence. …
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