Call of the Week- ending a tenancy early letter
Questions about ending tenancies are pretty common for our Landlord Advice Team. This week, a landlord used our live chat service, which launched last year, to ask a question about a tenant who wished to end the tenancy early. Both the landlord and the tenant were in agreement that they wanted to end the tenancy […]
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Landlords and homeowners in Wales who are thinking of carrying out major works to their properties will now have to visit a new website in order to submit a planning application to the council. The new ‘Planning Applications Wales’ website goes live on Wednesday, and it will be the portal for submitting planning applications or associated consents […]
When renting to students or a group of friends living in a HMO, it is common for the landlord to issue a joint tenancy agreement. This week’s Forum Spotlight looks at a question by a landlord, over what to do about a student that wanted to leave a contract, and was being challenging. The situation […]
The Government has responded to an e-petition calling for the re-introduction of full mortgage interest relief and the abolition the 3% stamp duty surcharge. Currently the e-petition: Reintroduce full mortgage interest relief and drop the 3% stamp duty surcharge has attracted 14,034 signatures. The RLA is supporting the petition – which runs until November this […]
With new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force today, phone calls about the new regulations are continuing to flood in to the RLA’s Landlord Advice Team, with landlords making sure that they are doing what they can in order to be compliant. What are people calling about? Rupinder Aujla, Landlord Advice Team Manager said: “It’s […]
The RLA has called for guaranteed long-term funding of housing enforcement in its response to a consultation to a draft PRS enforcement policy in North Kesteven The response explains that councils will be able to plan, and take effective action against those who exploit tenants through dangerous properties, if guaranteed long term funding of housing enforcement […]
All 33 London authorities are now signed up to Sadiq Khan’s rogue landlords database. Working voluntarily in partnership with the Mayor, the 32 boroughs and the City of London have committed to submitting records of successful prosecutions and fines to the Rogue Landlords and Letting Agents Checker, a free online tool which allows Londoners to […]
Up to 24 different categories of organisations and people may need access to the data landlords hold – which is why it is vital you are ready for the changes coming in under GDPR. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), come into force on Friday, with landlords being reminded that – as they provide a service – […]
MPs yesterday debated, and approved without a vote, the Tenant Fees Bill at second reading. Opening the debate, the Housing Secretary, James Brokenshire MP, summed up the Bill, which he said takes forward ‘essential measures to promote fairness in the private lettings market’. He said: “It is a Bill that we should all welcome. “The Bill will make […]