. The country’s largest provider of private student accommodation was lambasted in yesterday’s decision by the Northern First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property) (FtT) for failing to license their property. Unite was found guilty and…
Bambi Holdings Ltd aka “HMO Enforcement Team” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 BEWARE! So many red flags for this company 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 . . . ●“HMO Enforcement Team” isn’t much of a team: the two employees it claims are fakes….
. This was an appeal at the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (UT) brought by Unite Group PLC against the lower tribunal’s decision to make a RRO against them/the amount of such an award. Their appeal…
. . This was an appeal of the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property) (FtT) finding that it could not make a RRO as it held that the property was exempt, being owned by a…
Guardian companies continue to try to push back against the RRO legislation which forces them to license their properties and provide safe accommodation for their occupants (we would say tenants, but that’s for another story!)….
Our regular readers will remember that Flat Justice brought the first RRO case for guardians back in 2019:“Guardians can Get Rent Back!“. Since then we have continued to fight to protect guardians’ rights for better…
. A recent UT judgment (Hancher– see below) has yet again laid out the stages for calculating the “Quantum” or amount that should be awarded in successful RRO cases. We’ve now had a whole series…
Hallet v Parker: a baseline for RRO awards? . In the recent case of Hallet v Parker, when discussing award levels made in RRO cases, Judge Rodger pointed out: “It would be fair to say…
. One of the lesser-known effects of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, alongside allowing tenants easier access to RROs, was to place upon local housing authorities a new duty and power. These are contained…
. The Housing Act 2004 (s232)* requires councils to keep a register of all properties that have been granted a licence to be let privately. This includes Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) under the mandatory…