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MAN/30UH/HMF/2024/0030 · Lancaster · decided 13 Oct 2025 · rent repayment order
old rules| Offence | Unlicensed HMO |
|---|---|
| Landlord | Company: Student Housing Lancaster Ltd |
| Applicants | 1 tenant |
| Rent | not stated as one figure |
| Period the order relates to | 15 Sep 2023 to 11 Dec 2023 |
| Maximum the tribunal could award | £1,062.34; £310.59 then deducted for utilities |
| Amount the tribunal ordered | £849.87 (1 applicant) |
| Share of the maximum | 80%, from the two figures above |
| Rules | Old rules (offence before 1 May 2026): maximum 12 months' rent. |
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From the tribunal's reasons on the amount
and tenant, financial circumstances of the landlord and whether the landlord has been convicted of an offence to which that chapter of the 2016 Act applied. The use of the words 'in particular' suggests that these are not the only considerations the tribunal is to take into account. … Relevant for these proceedings is “HMO” (a house in multiple occupation). Housing Act 2004 provides (section 61) that a HMO must be licensed, in the circumstances described in the legislation. Controlling or managing a HMO without a licence is an offence (section 72(1)). Evidence and relevant findings. The basis for the Application was that the Applicant had rented the Property from the Respondent as residential accommodation for a term from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2023. The Tribunal had before it a copy of a corresponding tenancy agreement (the “Agreement”). The Applicant was one of 5 named tenants. … Rent reserved under the Agreement as payable by one tenant was £5,760 for the term; agreed by the Respondent as referrable for the Application. … It was not in dispute that at the relevant time for the Application the Property was a HMO, and there was no evidence before the Tribunal to the contrary. It further was not disputed that the Respondent controlled or managed the Property and did not hold a licence for it. …
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
Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts, including the landlord's and tenant's conduct.