Flat 1, 93-95 Balfour Street, Southwark, SE17 1PB
LON/00BE/HMF/2024/0637 · Southwark · decided 27 May 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company and individuals |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 22 Sep 2022 to 30 Aug 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £12,726.74 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £8,908.72 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 70%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £320 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
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. … Housing Act 2004 Section 72 (1) A person commits an offence if he is a person having control of or managing an HMO which is required to be licensed under this Part … but is not so licensed. (5) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (1) … it is a defence that he had a reasonable excuse … for having control of or managing the house in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) … . Section 263 (1) In this Act “person having control”, in relation to premises, means (unless the context otherwise requires) the person who receives the rack-rent of the premises (whether on his own account or as agent or trustee of another person), or who would so receive it if the premises were let at a rack-rent. (2) In subsection (1) “rack-rent” means a rent which is not less than two-thirds of the full net annual value of the premises. …
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