Banning Orders Part 2

In the first article we looked at some recent cases that have led local authorities to secure banning orders. We outlined the range of offences for which a landlord or a letting agent, if convicted, could face a banning order, as well as the effects on the landlord or indeed the agent. There has been a huge increase in the number of Rent Repayment Orders made by the First-tier Tribunal over the past few months, with many of these coming as a result of failures under HMO and other property licensing, as well as HMO management failures. As these offences ...