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Punish the landlord victim?

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Punish the landlord victim?

Hi, my flat was ransacked by the tenant or a third party introduced by the tenant, and the electric meter was damaged. It will cost £6,000 -£8,000 to make a full repair.

The council made an Emergency Prohibition Order under S43 Housing Act 2004. Fair enough. They now want me, the landlord, to pay them £523.58 “expenses” because my flat was damaged; not the tenant, not any third party, but me, the victim in all of this, should pay them.

There is only a right of appeal against the Order, but none against the “expenses” order.

Has anyone out there had to deal with such a claim, and is the Local Government Ombudsman a possible recourse, or just another waste of space?

Thanks for your attention to this matter.

David

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