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LON/00BB/HMG/2025/0656 · Newham · decided 5 May 2026 · 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 | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 14 Nov 2023 to 13 Nov 2024 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
... under the tenancy. … Among the relevant offences is an offence relating to unlicensed houses under s.95 Housing Act 2004. … 19. s.43 of the 2016 Act provides that the Tribunal may make a rent repayment order if it is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the offence has been committed, and that where the application is made by a tenant the amount is to be determined in accordance with s.44. … (2) The amount must relate to rent paid during the period mentioned in the table: [The table provides for the offence in these proceedings to be 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 ... . … Mitigation. This is not a case in which a landlord has cynically ignored a condition in order to maximise his profit. It never occurred to him that when he let to a single tenant who had a family of three he was in breach of the condition. … No prejudice whatsoever was suffered by the Applicant or his family as a result of the breach of the condition. We have not upheld any of the criticism made of the Respondent. Should a rent repayment order be made in this case? … Pursuant to the 2016 Act, a rent repayment order “may” be made if the Tribunal finds that a relevant offence was committed. …
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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