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Ground Floor Flat, 5 Victoria House, 34-36 Princes Road, Liverpool, L8 1TH

MAN/00BY/HMF/2022/0005 · Liverpool · decided 28 Mar 2023 · rent repayment order

old rules
OffenceUnlicensed HMO
LandlordCompany: Trophy Homes Ltd
Applicants1 tenant
Rent£381.33 per month
Period the order relates to12 Jul 2021 to 30 Jun 2022
Maximum the tribunal could award£4,060; £406 then deducted for utilities
Amount the tribunal ordered£3,654 (1 applicant)
Share of the maximum90%, from the two figures above
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.

From the tribunal's reasons on the amount

(b) pay a local housing authority an amount in respect of a relevant award of universal credit paid (to any person) in respect of rent under the tenancy. … (2) A tenant may apply for a rent repayment order only if — (a) the offence relates to housing that, at the time of the offence, was let to the tenant, and (b) the offence was committed in the period of 12 months ending with the day on which the application is made. … (2) A rent repayment order under this section may be made only on an application under section 41. … (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 by the ground that the landlord has tenant in respect of committed an offence mentioned in row 1 or the period of 12 months ending with the date of 2 of the table in section 40(3) the offence an offence mentioned in row 3, 4, a period, not exceeding 12 months, during 5, 6 or 7 of the table in section which the landlord was committing the offence 4 0(3) (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.

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.

The rules are explained by Shelter and on GOV.UK.