Rent repayment orders › by offence
Breach of a banning order
Rent repayment order decisions where the offence was letting while banned (section 21, Housing and Planning Act 2016).
What the tribunal ordered in England
0 decisions (0 ended in a rent repayment order).
None of these decisions has an outcome we can read.
The tribunal can only make an order if it is sure, beyond reasonable doubt, that the landlord committed the offence. That is why not every application ends in an order. Old rules: offence before 1 May 2026, maximum 12 months' rent. New rules: offence on or after 1 May 2026, maximum 24 months' rent.
Past decisions are not a prediction. The tribunal decides each case on its facts, including the landlord's and tenant's conduct.
Left out of the figures, but listed below: decisions whose outcome or amount we haven't been able to check. Dismissed, withdrawn, struck-out and out-of-time applications count towards "ended in an order" but never supply an amount.
Other offences
- Unlicensed HMO
- Unlicensed house (selective licensing)
- Illegal eviction
- Harassment
- Improvement notice not complied with
- Prohibition order not complied with
- Violence for securing entry
- Misuse of a possession ground
- Breach of letting rules
- Other
The rules on who can apply and when are explained by Shelter and on GOV.UK.