Rent Repayment Order Defence for HMO Licensing Rent Repayment Orders (RROs) are an essential enforcement tool for addressing breaches of housing law, particularly in cases where landlords fail to comply with licensing requirements for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). For landlords, understanding how tribunals assess RROs, the defences available, and what constitutes a “reasonable excuse” […]
Rent Repayment Order for Failure to Obtain a License If you have received an application seeking a Rent Repayment Order, contact our team to arrange a consultation with one of our experts by completing the form below. There are various defences available to landlords who find themselves Respondents to an application for a Rent Repayment […]
We recently acted for a landlord in relation to a tenants’ application for a rent repayment order and have now received the Tribunals decision. The tenant applied to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) for 12 months’ worth of rent to be repaid to them resulting from our client letting an unlicensed house in multiple occupation […]