Rogue landlords and property agents—database and banning orders
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Practice notesRogue landlords and property agents—database and banning orders
Published by a LexisNexis Property Disputes expert
Practice notes
Part 2 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HPA 2016) implements various measures to improve the way housing is managed, by enhancing the power of a local housing Authority (LHA) to identify and combat rogue Landlords and property Agents in the private rented sector.
The provisions enable local housing authorities to apply for a banning order, which bans a landlord or property agent from managing or letting properties for at least 12 months and provide for the creation of a database of rogue landlords and property agents. Note that these provisions apply to England only.
Banning orders
An LHA may apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) (FTT) for a banning order against a person or body corporate that:
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has been convicted of a banning order offence, and
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was a residential landlord or property agent at the time the offence was committed (this limb does not apply in relation to an application against an officer of a body corporate)
The effect of a banning order, is that a person can be
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