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LON/00AB/HMG/2024/0041 · Barking and Dagenham · decided 23 Jan 2025 · 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 house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company and individuals |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 9 May 2022 to 8 May 2023 |
| 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
rent which has been paid by a tenant. … (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.” 11. … The Applicants accept that any offence ceased to be committed on 10 May 2023 when a valid application for a licence was made. … (2) A rent repayment order under this section may be made only on an application under section 41. … The relevant offences are set out at section 40 of the 2016 Act. They include an offence under section 95(1) of the Housing Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”) which provides: (1) A person commits an offence if he is a person having control of or managing a house which is required to be licensed under this Part (see section 85(1)) but is not so licensed. … Part 3 of the 2004 Act concerns selective licensing areas. It is common ground that the Property should have been, but was not, licensed under the local housing authority's selective licensing scheme during the relevant period. …
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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Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts, including the landlord's and tenant's conduct.