Rent Repayment Order

A Rent Repayment Order (RRO)[1] is an order in the United Kingdom that allows a tenant or local authority[2] to reclaim rent or housing benefit[2] where a landlord rents out an unlicenced property[3] such as a House in multiple occupation (HMO).[4]

Rent Repayment Orders are not obtained through the courts system but through a Residential Property Tribunal. Housing academic David Cowan writing in Housing Law and Policy cites the case Newham London Borough Council v Ring to demonstrate that a local authority can use a rent repayment order to reclaim housing benefit.[5] Local authorities can only apply for a Rent Repayment Order where occupiers pay their rent with the assistance of housing benefit.[6]

The Housing and Planning Bill 2015-16 proposes changes to when Rent Repayment Orders can be granted to include the following situations:

References

  1. "Rent Repayment Orders (RRO)".
  2. 1 2 "Rent Repayment Orders". Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment.
  3. Rent Repayment Orders A Tenants’ Guide, Dartford Council, See https://www.dartford.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/46661/Rent_Repayment_Orders-A_Tenants_Guide_08.pdf
  4. Building and Social Housing Foundation (2008) Home from Home: Addressing the Issues of Migrant Workers' Housing, Housing Conditions and Enforcement of Standards, p. 32
  5. Cowan, D. (2011), Housing Law and Policy Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 68-69
  6. Denton-Ashly, G. (2013) Being a Landlord, Spiramus Press, p. 96
  7. http://www.bpf.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/BPF-brief-Housing-Planning-Bill-2015.pdf
  8. http://www.bpf.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/BPF-brief-Housing-Planning-Bill-2015.pdf
  9. http://www.bpf.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/BPF-brief-Housing-Planning-Bill-2015.pdf
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