Brent HMO fines

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Dear Julian Amani 

RE: Brent HMO fines 

Thank you for contacting the council on 09/05/2025.

Your case will be assigned to an officer and you should receive their
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Please use this reference number IRC-61785-Q2D0W8 when contacting us about
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Our Ref: IRC-61785-Q2D0W8

Dear Julian Amani

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your information request received on 5/9/2025.

This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You requested the following information:

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request
the following information:
1. For each year from 2021 to 2024, please provide the number of fines
issued to landlords for operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation
(HMOs)
2. For each fine issued, please provide:
1. The date the fine was issued
2. The amount of the fine
3. The address of the property
4. The number of occupants present at the time of assessment
5. The maximum number of occupants legally permitted
6. Where permissible, the name of the landlord or company fined
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Brent Council holds the information you have requested, however I have
withheld some of this information on the basis that I consider that the
following exemption applies. We have searched our records and some of the
information you have requested is also not held by Brent Council because
Its not recorded on our database. The information, which is held, is
provided below.

The requested information is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA). This is because the
information constitutes personal data as defined by Section 3 of the Data
Protection Act 2018 and disclosing it would breach the Data Protection Act
principles. This is an absolute exemption and consequently consideration
of the public interest test does not apply.

This part of your request constitutes a refusal notice under Section 17 of
the Freedom of Information Act.

I have detailed below the information that is being disclosed.
 

1. For each year from 2021 to 2024, please provide the number of fines
issued to landlords for operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation
(HMOs)

Year Fines Issued
2021 11
2022 14
2023 7
2024 18
2025 0

 
2. For each fine issued, please provide:
1. The date the fine was issued
2. The amount of the fine
3. The address of the property (Full address cannot be disclosed)

Address Start Date Fines
HA0 11/02/2020 £800.00
NW10 20/06/2019 £16,000.00
NW6 30/12/2019 £5,000.00
HA9 10/03/2020 £10,000.00
HA0 15/10/2021 £15,000.00
NW2 29/10/2021 £800.00
NW2 15/11/2021 £800.00
NW2 25/11/2021 £2,000.00
NW2 25/11/2021 £2,000.00
NW2 25/11/2021 £2,000.00
HA0 10/12/2021 £16,000.00
NW9 18/03/2022 £12,000.00
NW10 07/04/2022 £800.00
HA0 09/05/2022 £2,000.00
NW2 20/07/2022 £800.00
HA0 16/09/2022 £4,000.00
HA0 24/06/2022 £10,000.00
NW10 26/10/2022 £2,000.00
HA9 28/10/2022 £2,000.00
NW2 13/12/2022 £800.00
NW10 28/11/2022 £5,000.00
NW10 23/11/2022 £4,000.00
HA9 22/09/2023 £8,000.00
HA9 11/10/2023 £8,000.00
HA0 24/10/2023 £4,000.00
NW2 15/02/2024 £15,000.00
HA9 24/10/2023 £5,000.00
NW10 14/02/2024 £2,500.00
NW9 15/02/2024 £2,500.00
NW10 15/02/2024 £5,000.00
HA9 13/12/2023 £8,000.00
HA0 09/04/2024 £5,000.00
HA9 06/08/2022 £5,000.00
HA9 28/06/2022 £3,600.00
HA0 28/06/2024 £8,000.00
NW9 17/07/2024 £8,000.00
NW10 31/05/2024 £12,000.00
HA0 28/06/2024 £10,000.00
NW9 20/09/2024 £800.00
HA0 20/09/2024 £8,000.00
HA9 06/09/2024 £15,000.00

4. The number of occupants present at the time of assessment
Not recorded on the system

5. The maximum number of occupants legally permitted
Not recorded on the system

6. Where permissible, the name of the landlord or company fined
Not allowed to disclose.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your request has been
handled or the outcome, you may request an internal review within two
calendar months of the date of this response by writing to the following
address:

Freedom of Information

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If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or internal
review, you have a right to appeal directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Phone: 0303 123 1113

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely
James Philip
Service Manager Enforcement

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