Housing enforcement guidance
Banning orders
The Housing and Planning Act 2016 introduced the power for a First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to serve a banning order on a landlord or property agent who has been convicted of a banning order offence. This includes a conviction for the following types of offences:
- illegal eviction or harassment
- Housing Act 2004 offences
- Gas Safety (installation and use) regulation
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- immigration offences
- serious criminal offences