3 Guildford Road, Manchester M6 8PT
MAN/00BN/HMF/2025/0619 · Salford · decided 17 Jun 2026 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Individual |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | £625 per month |
| Period the order relates to | 24 Mar 2024 to 30 Jun 2024 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £2,036; £315.16 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £430 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 25%, as the tribunal stated it |
| Tribunal fees to be reimbursed | £341 |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
Offence Section 72(1) of the Housing Act 2004 23. A person commits an offence if he is a person having control of or managing an HMO which is required to be licensed under section 61(1) the Housing Act 2004 but is not so licensed. … The Respondent accepts that at the relevant time he was the landlord of the Property and directly received rent from the Respondent. The receipt of rent is also evidenced by the Applicant’s bank statements. We determine that he was therefore ‘a person having control or management’. … We find that the Applicant had use of shared facilities with at least two other tenants during his occupation of the Property for the period 24 March 2024 until he vacated the Property on 30 June 2024. We are satisfied from the Applicant’s and Respondent’s evidence that the Property was an HMO during the Applicant’s occupation of the Property. … On the basis of the facts and findings set out in paragraphs 23-25 above, and on the basis of the admission made by the Respondent as detailed at paragraph 14 above, we are satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that between 24 March 2024 and 30 June 2024, the Respondent had committed an offence under section 72 (1) of the 2004 Act, namely being a person having control of an HMO which was required to be licensed under section 61(1) of the 2004 Act but was 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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