Flat P, 11 Craven Hill, Westminster, W2 3EN
LON/00BK/HMF/2024/0156 · Westminster · decided 13 Mar 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 3 tenants |
| Rent | £3,400 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 16 May 2022 to 15 May 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £36,489.54 |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £8,514.23 per applicant on average; £25,542.68 in total for 3 applicants |
| Share of the maximum | 70%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £420 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
repaid. Based on the above findings, we have the power to make a rent repayment order against the Respondents. … The amount of rent to be ordered to be repaid is governed by section 44 of the 2016 Act. Under sub-section 44(2), the amount must relate to rent paid by the tenants in respect of a period, not exceeding 12 months, during which the landlords were committing the offence. Under sub- section 44(3), the amount that the landlords may be required to repay in respect of a period must not exceed the rent paid in respect of that period less any relevant award of housing benefit or universal credit paid in respect of rent under the tenancy during that period. … These total £36,489.54. … In their skeleton argument, for the first time the Respondents raised an allegation of unpaid rent in the sum of £1,300. … We are satisfied on the basis of the evidence that the Applicants were in occupation for the whole of the period to which each of their separate rent repayment applications relate and that the Property required a licence for the whole of that period. Therefore, the maximum sum that can be awarded by way of rent repayment is the sum of £36,489.54, this being the amount paid by the Applicants by way of rent in respect of the period of claim. …
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