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Housing Act 2004 section 72(1) control or management of an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (mandatory or additional HMO licensing): 159 real GOV.UK First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) RRO rulings indexed with exact £ claimed, £ awarded, % award, and s.44 mitigation factors.
| Case Ref | Property | Offence | Claimed | Awarded (Provenance) | Judicial Extract | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LON/00AY/HMF/2025/0801 2026-02-25 | 96 Camberwell New Road, London SE5 0RS - LON/00AY/HMF/2025/0801 | Unlicensed HMO (s.72) | £36,000.00 | £30,600.00 (85%) [direct] | The Tribunal makes a rent repayment order in favour of the Applicants against the Respondent, in the sum of £30,600, to be paid within 28 days of the date of this decision and apportioned as follows: (a) Safia Mahmood - | GOV.UK PDF |
| LON/00BG/HMF/2026/0022 2026-08-24 | Flat 12 Trevelyan House, Morpeth Street, London E2 0PY: LON/00BG/HMF/2026/0022 | Unlicensed HMO (s.72) | £42,316.00 | £29,621.20 (70%) [direct] | Having taken into account all the factors set out above the Tribunal determines the Rent Repayment Order in the sum of 70% of the total rent paid after deducting the Tribunal’s estimate of £550 per year per resident as r | GOV.UK PDF |
| CAM/33UG/HMK/2025/0601 2025-08-11 | 199 Sentinel House, Surrey Street, Norwich NR1 3SZ : CAM/33UG/HMK/2025/0601 | Unlicensed HMO (s.72) | £27,700.00 | £24,805.00 (90%) [direct] | The application for a rent repayment order succeeds against the Second Respondent, BCR Investments Ltd. | GOV.UK PDF |
| LON/00BG/HMF/2025/0732 2026-05-07 | 118 Broomfield Street, Poplar, Tower Hamlets, E14 6BQ: LON/00BG/HMF/2025/0732 | Unlicensed HMO (s.72) | £30,600.00 | £24,480.00 (85%) [direct] | The respondent shall repay £24,480 (Twenty-Four Thousand, Four Hundred and Eighty Pounds) to the applicants by 04 June 2026. | GOV.UK PDF |
| LON/00BH/HMG/2025/0616 2025-11-07 | 15 Dyson Road, London, E11 1NA: LON/00BH/HMG/2025/0616 | Unlicensed HMO (s.72) | £23,953.00 | £23,953.00 (100%) [direct] | The tribunal orders the Respondent to repay to the Applicants the sum of £7,185. | GOV.UK PDF |
| LON/00AG/HMF/2025/0607 2025-09-04 | Maryon Mews, 21A South End Road, London NW3 2PT: LON/00AG/HMF/2025/0607 | Unlicensed HMO (s.72) | £39,000.00 | £23,400.00 (60%) [direct] | The Tribunal makes a rent repayment order in favour of the Applicants against the Respondents, in the sum of £23,400 (to be apportioned as set out below), to be paid within 70 days of the date of this decision: (i) The F | GOV.UK PDF |
| LON/00AN/HMF/2025/0815 2026-04-29 | 39 Steventon Road, London, W12 0SU: LON/00AN/HMF/2025/0815 | Unlicensed HMO (s.72) | £27,699.70 | £20,774.78 (75%) [direct] | The Tribunal makes a Rent repayment order in the sum of £ for the rent paid by the applicant for the period 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024. | GOV.UK PDF |
| LON/00AJ/HMF/2025/0816 2026-08-10 | 1C Fairlawn Avenue, Ealing W4 5EF : LON/00AJ/HMF/2025/0816 | Unlicensed HMO (s.72) | £29,125.00 | £17,475.00 (60%) [direct] | Taking all of these matters into account the tribunal determines to award the Applicants 75% of the maximum RRO payable. | GOV.UK PDF |
| LON/00AZ/HMF/2025/0942 2026-07-16 | 93B Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5EZ - LON/00AZ/HMF/2025/0942 | Unlicensed HMO (s.72) | £22,992.00 | £17,244.00 (75%) [direct] | decision : 16 July 2026 DECISION Decision of the tribunal (1) The Respondent, [Individual Respondent], shall pay to the Applicants the sum of £17,244. | GOV.UK PDF |
| LON/00AP/HMF/2025/0798 2026-04-16 | 162A Carlingford Road, London N15 3EU: LON/00AP/HMF/2025/0798 | Unlicensed HMO (s.72) | £26,318.70 | £17,101.15 (65%) [direct] | The Tribunal makes a rent repayment order against the First and Second Respondents, who are therefore jointly and severally liable to pay the global sum of £17,101. | GOV.UK PDF |
Across 159 indexed GOV.UK First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) decisions covering Unlicensed HMO (Housing Act 2004 s.72) (106 positive RRO awards), the median Tribunal award is 60.0% of rent claimed (range 2.3% to 100.0%), with a median monetary award of £3,977.72 and £705,552.05 in total RROs awarded. Notable ruling: LON/00AY/HMF/2025/0801 (96 Camberwell New Road, London SE5 0RS, Unlicensed HMO (s.72)) — £30,600.00 (85.0%), decided 2026-02-25 by Tribunal Judge S. McKeown.
Yes. Under section 44 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, in Unlicensed HMO (Housing Act 2004 s.72) rulings utilities or council tax included in the rent were cited/deducted in 135 of 159 cases, Universal Credit or Housing Benefit was deducted under s.44(3)(b) in 123 of 159 cases, pending or delayed council licensing applications featured in 138 cases, and letting/managing agent reliance featured in 68 cases.
From 1 May 2026, the Renters' Rights Act doubled the maximum Rent Repayment Order cap under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 from 12 months' rent to 24 months' rent, extended the tenant application limitation period from 12 to 24 months, and introduced personal liability for company directors where a corporate landlord commits a relevant licensing or eviction offence in Unlicensed HMO (Housing Act 2004 s.72).
You can search all 159 Unlicensed HMO (Housing Act 2004 s.72) decisions for free under Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3.0) at https://parish.technoplusit.co.uk/rro/unlicensed-hmo-s72, export the filtered CSV precedent schedule at https://parish.technoplusit.co.uk/api/rro-search?offence_type=Unlicensed+HMO&format=csv, or query the zero-token JSON API at https://parish.technoplusit.co.uk/api/rro-search?offence_type=Unlicensed+HMO.
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