Part 2: Rogue Landlords and Property Agents in England Chapter 4: Rent Repayment Orders Rent repayment orders: introduction Section 40: Introduction and key definitions
Chapter 4 empowers the First-tier Tribunal to make rent repayment orders to deter rogue landlords who have committed an offence to which the Chapter applies. This section lists the offences concerned: breaches of improvement orders and prohibition notices and of licensing requirements under the Housing Act 2004, violent entry under the Criminal Law Act 1977, unlawful eviction under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 and breach of a banning order under this Act. In respect of breach of licensing requirements, the Chapter consolidates existing provisions, with certain modifications. The Chapter newly extends the power to the other cases. This section states that an order requires a landlord to repay rent paid by a tenant, or to repay to a local housing authority housing benefit or universal credit which had been paid in respect of rent.