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Flat (above) 7 Brecknock Road, London N7 0BL

LON/00AG/HMG/2019/0021 · Camden · decided 20 Jan 2020 · rent repayment order

old rules
OffenceUnlicensed HMO
LandlordIndividual
Applicants3 tenants
Rent£2,145 per month
Period the order relates to15 Sep 2018 to 14 Sep 2019
Maximum the tribunal could award£25,740
Amount the tribunal ordered£1,666.67 per applicant on average; £5,000 in total for 3 applicants
Share of the maximum19%, from the two figures above
RulesOld 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

determined in accordance with— (a)section 44 (where the application is made by a tenant); (b)section 45 (where the application is made by a local housing authority); (c)section 46 (in certain cases where the landlord has been convicted etc). Amount of order: tenants. … (2) The amount must relate to rent paid during the period mentioned in the table. If the order is made on the ground that the landlord has committed an offence mentioned in row 1 or 2 of the table in section 40(3) an offence mentioned in row 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 of the table in section 40(3) the amount must relate to the rent paid by the tenant in respect of the period of 12 months ending with the date of the offence a period not exceeding 12 months, during which the landlord was committing the offence (3)The amount that the landlord may be required to repay in respect of a period must not exceed— (a)the rent paid in respect of that period, less (b)any relevant award of universal credit paid (to any person) in respect of rent under the tenancy during that period. … The hearing in this case took place on 20 January 2020. The first and Second Applicants appeared in person. … Both parties agreed that it was appropriate to deal with the case by way of submissions, which the Tribunal then heard. …

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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