Tag: Rent repayment orders
LATEST: London landlord to repay tenants £50k following HMO licensing mistake
A landlord has been slapped with a whopping £50,808 Rent Repayment Order after admitting he had failed to license his inadequate HMO...
Pandemic student exodus was ‘no excuse’ to dodge HMO regulations, rules...
A landlord who used Covid-related tenant absences as an excuse for not licensing his HMO has been handed a Rent Repayment Order.
EXCLUSIVE: Number of Rent Repayment Order cases rising every year
Rent Repayment Orders (RROs) in England are rising each year as local authorities look to cause errant landlords maximum pain.
Agents find themselves in the firing line for Rent Repayment Order
The two tenant applicants, Jenny Dos Santos and Margarita Gandara brought the case against property agents L Hub London. The hearing was...
LATEST: Tribunal backs landlords over contested Rent Repayment Order claim
An evicted tenant’s claim for a Rent Repayment Order was rejected after she failed to prove her former home was an HMO.
London council helps tenants claim £200,000 off landlords via aggressive RRO...
Tower Hamlets Council has reclaimed more than £200,000 for tenants in the last two years as part of a tough crackdown on...
Record rent payment order of £109,273 slapped on Slough landlord
A rogue landlord who built unlawful extensions and squeezed 14 people into an HMO has been ordered to pay back £109,273 in...
Westminster Council launches snooping tool for private tenants
The London borough’s initiative is designed to help it identify rogue landlords and gives its housing standards taskforce more clout to enforce...