Part 2: Rogue Landlords and Property Agents in England Chapter 4: Rent Repayment Orders Making of rent repayment order Section 45: Amount of order: local housing authorities
This section sets out the rules by which the First-tier Tribunal must determine the amount of rent to be repaid after an offence on an application by local housing authority. The repayment must relate to housing benefit or universal credit paid in respect of rent and received by the landlord in the 12 months preceding an offence of unlawful eviction or violent entry, or in other cases in the period during which the offence was being committed, up to a maximum of twelve months. In determining the amount the Tribunal must take into account the conduct and the financial circumstances of the landlord and whether the landlord has any convictions for an offence to which Chapter 4 applies.