The Housing Act 2004 introduced rent repayment orders for licensing offences under that Act. The Housing and Planning Act 2016 extended rent repayment orders to cover: violence for securing entry; eviction or harassment of occupiers; failure to comply with an improvement notice or prohibition under the Housing Act 2004; and breach of a banning order. These provisions further extend the list of offences for which a rent repayment order can be sought and extend the period in which a rent repayment order can be sought after the offence. The provisions also include measures to increase the deterrent effect of rent repayment orders and to treat instances of repeat offending more harshly.
Part 2: Residential landlord Chapter 4 – Part 2: Supplementary Provision Section 98: Rent repayment orders for offences under the Housing Act 1988 and sections 67 and 92 of this Act Background