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LON/00BG/HMG/2024/0019 · Tower Hamlets · decided 29 Aug 2024 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed house (selective licensing) |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 4 tenants |
| Rent | £3,300 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 1 Jun 2022 to 31 May 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £39,600 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £6,435 per applicant on average; £25,740 in total for 4 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 65%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £300 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
a sum to a local authority). … Part 3 of the 2004 Act applies to selective licensing of residential accommodation. Section 79 provides: (1) This Part provides for houses to be licensed by local housing authorities where- (a) they are houses to which this Part applies (see subsection (2)), and (b) they are required to be licensed under this Part (see section 85(1)). (2) This Part applies to a house if- (a) it is an area that if for the time being designated under section 80 subject to selective licensing, and (b) the whole of it is occupied either- (i) under a single tenancy or licence that is not an exempt or licence under subsection (3) or (4), or (ii) under two or more tenancies or licences in respect of different dwellings contained in it, none of which is an exempt tenancy or a licence under subsection (3) or (4); … 36. Section 95(1) of the 2004 Act is one of those listed in section 40 of the 2016 Act in respect of which the First-tier Tribunal may make a RRO. The section provides that: 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 (see section 85(1)) but is not so licensed. …
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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