Coming but not yet in force …. Banning orders
Local Housing Authorities (LHAs) in England will be able to apply. Banning orders will be used to prevent a person from:
- Letting housing in England
- Engaging in English letting agency work
- Engaging in English property management work.
A banning order must last for at least 12 months and a breach is punishable by imprisonment or a fine of up to £30,000.
LHAs in England will maintain a database of persons convicted of a banning order offence and every LHA in England will have access to information in the database.
Recovering abandoned premises without a Court Order
Part 3 of the HPA 2016 is the legislation and it relates to properties in England only.
Section 57 provides that a private landlord may give a tenant notice bringing the tenancy to an end on the day on which the notice is given, if all of the following apply:
- The tenancy relates to premises in England
- Rent has not been paid
- The landlord has given a series of warning notices and no valid response has been received.
The tenant can apply for their tenancy to be reinstated if they had a good reason for failing to respond to the warning notices.