A Practical Guide to Rent Repayment Orders

What are rent repayment orders in the Housing and Planning Act 2016? When and why might landlords be subject to one? How much would the order likely be?

These are the central questions behind this new specialist book by barrister Mathew McDermott aimed at the practitioner wanting to make or needing to respond to an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) for a rent repayment order ("RRO") in England.

This book lays out in a user-friendly, practical way both the substantive and procedural law relevant to RROs. It deals not only with what RROs are and in what circumstances they may be made but also how to apply for an RRO, how to respond to an application, when to make one - and how to challenge one that has been made.

This book will assist any practitioner advising a tenant(s) making an application, a landlord responding to one as well as those working with or on behalf of local housing authorities making application for RROs in relation to universal credit that might have been paid out by them.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mathew McDermott is a barrister in London. He specialises in property law with a particular focus on the law relevant to landlords and tenants (residential and commercial).

CONTENTS

Chapter One - An Introduction to Rent Repayment Orders in England

Chapter Two - Grounds for Seeking a Rent Repayment Order in England Under the Housing & Planning Act 2016

Chapter Three - Against Whom Can a Rent Repayment Order Be Made?

Chapter Four - Determining the Amount of Rent Repayment Orders

Chapter Five - The Procedure Relating to Rent Repayment Orders