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90 Wellington Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 6BL

MAN/00BN/HMF/2019/0044 · Manchester · decided 27 Nov 2019 · rent repayment order

old rules
OffenceUnlicensed house (selective licensing); also unlicensed hmo
LandlordIndividual
Applicants3 tenants
Rentnot stated as one figure
Period the order relates to1 Jul 2018 to 30 Jun 2019
Maximum the tribunal could awardnot stated as one figure (or not yet checked)
Amount the tribunal ordered£4,680 per applicant on average; £14,040 in total for 3 applicants
Share of the maximumnot stated
RulesOld 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; the maximum is left out of the statistics until it has been checked.

From the tribunal's reasons on the amount

determined in accordance with this section. (2) The amount must relate to rent paid during the period mentioned in the table. If the order is made on the the amount must relate to rent paid ground that the landlord has by the tenant in respect of committed an offence mentioned in row 3, a period, not exceeding 12 months, 4, 5, 6 or 7 of the table in during which the landlord was section 40(3) 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, less (b) any relevant award of universal credit paid (to any person) in respect of rent under the tenancy during that period. … The Evidence 4.1 In each of the Applications, the Applicants made reference to the relevant offence claimed to have been committed by the Respondent as the control or management of an unlicensed house in multiple occupation, (“HMO”). … Tribunal’s Determinations. … By reason of the Respondent’s failure to licence the Property with effect from 1 July 2018, the Tribunal was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the Respondent had committed an offence under section 95(1) of the 2004 Act. …

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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Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts, including the landlord's and tenant's conduct.

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