The RLA invites you to attend a virtual house party – tomorrow! The party is being held to mark the RLA’s recent rebrand, and 20th anniversary year, and you are invited to join in the fun. RLA Chairman Alan Ward will be sharing a brief history of the RLA and RLA CEO Andrew Goodacre, will talk […]
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Leaseholders in a London apartment block covered in cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower must pay at least £500,000 to make the building safe. The 95-apartment Citiscape development in Croydon hit the headlines after residents received bills of more than £30,000 each for replacement cladding. The case was taken to tribunal, not by […]
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The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, will address the Residential Landlords Association’s Future Renting North conference in Manchester next month. The former cabinet minister and Greater Manchester MP vowed to tackle the housing crisis in the region as one of his key election promises and has also spoken of plans to create a Good […]
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A member posted on our Forum this week with a query about what he should do with the possessions of his tenants, whom he had recently evicted from his property. The situation The landlord began by saying that the tenant in question was in a significant amount of rent arrears. Last week, bailiffs had removed […]
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Analysis released today by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) confirms tax increases are choking off investment in rented housing. In its Economic and Fiscal Outlook published today, the OBR warns of “subdued growth in residential investment.” The assessment comes following a string of tax hikes on private rented housing, including a stamp duty levy […]
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Coventry Building Society has confirmed that it will not be lending on buy-to-let properties with EPCs that fall below an E rating – with other lenders expected to follow suit. Only properties with a valid exemption will be eligible for a mortgage if they are rated F or G, with the new rules to be […]
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‘These landlords asked me for sex instead of rent.’ This is just one of the recent headlines on the sex for rent scandal, which has seen increasing reports of men advertising rent-free accommodation in their homes in exchange for sex. One of the most recent articles, an investigation by the BBC, refers to these people […]
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The debate about who is responsible for paying for fire safety works on blocks of flats in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire is the subject of a new paper released by the House of Commons Library. Following the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017 in which more that 71 people lost their […]
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Monday saw a keynote speeches on planning and housing from the Prime Minister, Theresa May, while Housing and Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid also made a statement in the House of Commons. Although the thrust of both was about changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, they also made mention of private renting. Mr Javid highlighted the Government’s […]
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A landlord called up our advice team this week with a complex query around gaining possession of his property. The landlord submitted a Section 21 on the 26th December 2017, and on the day they called our advice team it was exactly two months to the day since they served this notice. The first part […]
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