ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces new financial sanctions against rogues who break the law, by extending the rent repayment order provisions. It presents local authorities to identify rogues operating in the private sector in their area and place them on a database, which other local authorities in England will have access to. A local housing authority may apply for a banning order against a person who has been convicted of a banning order offence. The First-Tier Tribunal may make a banning order against a person who has been convicted of a banning order offence, and was a residential landlord or a property agent at the time the offence was committed. A local housing authority may require a person to provide specified information for the purpose of enabling the authority to decide whether to apply for a banning order against the person. Local authorities have the power to start legal proceedings for offences of harassment and illegal eviction.
