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LON/00BB/HMF/2020/0208 · Newham · decided 21 Jun 2021 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £700 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 21 Jul 2019 to 20 Jul 2020 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £7,350 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £6,615 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 90%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| 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
amount? … The applicant is applying for the RRO for 12 month period of her occupancy. … In determining the amount of the award, the tribunal heard evidence about (i) The conduct of the landlord (ii) The conduct of the tenant (iii) The financial circumstances of the landlord. The conduct of the landlord. The applicant notes that the respondent is an experienced landlord, that he failed to consider the health and safety of the applicant and the other residents of the property, and he used intimidation or bullying tactics against the applicant for failure to pay the rent during the pandemic. … In addition, the applicant alleges that the respondent cut her access to the internet and cancelled the cleaner. … The respondent says that he behaved properly. There were no issues of management complained of by the applicant at any time during her occupancy. He did not have control of the internet and would have been unable to deny the applicant access. He says that he had to stop the cleaning because of the pandemic. He did not reveal her circumstances to the other occupiers and he denies that he harassed her but was seeking only to ensure that his rent was paid. … He made an application for a licence as soon as he was aware that he needed one but learned that the council was not issuing HMO licences. He also says that safety measures were in place in the property. …
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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