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Application to the tribunal for determination of a rent under an assured shorthold tenancy

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Vincent
Published date21 March 2018
Subject MatterRent application forms
Residential Property Tribunal Service

First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber

(Residential Property)

Ref no. (for office use only)

Application to the Tribunal for determination of
a rent under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy

Section 22(1) of the Housing Act 1988 (as amended by section 100 of the Housing Act 1996)

It is important that you read the notes below carefully before you complete this form

This is the correct form to use if you have an assured shorthold tenancy which began (or for which a contract had been made) before 28th February 1997, and you wish to apply to the Tribunal, during the fixed term of the original tenancy, to have the rent reduced.

This form should also be used by a tenant with an assured shorthold tenancy which began on or after
28th February 1997 (unless a contract had been made before that date), to apply to the Tribunal within six months of the beginning of the original tenancy, to have the rent reduced.

Applications should be sent as a Microsoft Word document by email to the relevant regional tribunal address shown in the Annex to this form. You must also send by email the documents listed in section 8 of this form. If you cannot access email or find someone to assist you in lodging your application by email, then a paper application will be acceptable although there may be a delay in dealing with this. Sending an application on paper will not be suitable in urgent cases.

Please make sure a copy of the application is served on the other party/parties to the application. If you are unable to serve a copy on the other party/parties, please bring this to the tribunal’s attention in the covering email or if sending by post in a covering letter.

Please do not send any other documents. When further evidence is needed, you will be asked to send it in separately.

If you have any questions about how to fill in this form or the procedures the Tribunal will use, please contact the appropriate regional office.

PLEASE NOTE:

An application cannot be made in the following circumstances:

(a) Where the rent payable under the tenancy is a rent previously determined by a Tribunal or (before 1 July 2013) a Rent Assessment Committee, OR

(b) If the tenancy is a replacement tenancy, and more than six months have elapsed since the beginning of the original tenancy. A replacement tenancy is an assured shorthold tenancy that came into being on the ending of a tenancy which had been an assured shorthold of the same, or substantially the same property, and the landlord and tenant under each tenancy were the same at that time.

The Tribunal cannot make a determination unless it considers:

(a) That there is a sufficient number of similar properties in the locality let on assured tenancies (whether shorthold or not) for comparison; AND

(b) That the rent payable under the shorthold tenancy in question is significantly higher than the rent which the landlord might reasonably be expected to get in comparison with other rents for similar properties let on assured tenancies (whether shorthold or not) in the locality.


If you are completing this form by hand please use BLOCK CAPITAL LETTERS.

  1. DETAILS OF TENANT(S)

Name:

Address of premises to which the tenancy relates (including postcode):

Address for correspondence (if different from above):

Telephone:

Day:

Evening:

Mobile:

Email address:

2. NAME and ADDRESS (including postcode) OF LANDLORD or AGENT(S)

Name:

Address (including postcode):

Address for correspondence (if different from above):

Telephone:

Day:

Evening:

Mobile:

Email address
(if known):

Fax:

Representative name and address, and other contact details:

Name:

Reference no. (if any)

Address (including postcode):

Telephone:

Day:

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