September 2018

Labour “will control rents, end no-fault evictions and put a stop to the tyranny of rogue landlords” should the party come into power following the next election. Shadow Housing Secretary, John Healey MP made the statement in a speech to the Labour Party Conference today, pledging the party would fund renters unions to ‘support and defend’ […]

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All the indications are that this year’s Labour Party Conference in Liverpool is set to be an introspective affair. It is thought a whole day will be devoted to internal party politics and constitutional amendments – as well as prolonged debate on the party’s attitude to a second Brexit referendum, which alone has attracted over […]

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This week is Gas Safety week, an annual week that is organised by the Gas Safety Register. All week, we have been producing useful articles and information for landlords about how they can be Gas Safe. So far, we have covered what landlords need to know about gas safety, some frequently asked questions from landlords […]

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Carbon monoxide. It is known as the silent killer. Odourless and invisible it can be fatal if you are exposed to high levels, with 50 people a year dying from CO poisoning and thousands more needing treatment. Next month marks three years since the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 yet there is still […]

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Brighton and Hove council has approved the introduction of selective licensing in twelve wards of the town. The new selective licensing scheme will mean that landlords who have properties in many wards of the city will now have to pay for a licence, in order to rent out their property lawfully. The areas that will be […]

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The RLA launched a collection of essays looking at the future of the PRS as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations. Polly Neate, chief executive of homeless charity Shelter, was one of the contributors to ‘Private Renting: A Vision for the Future’. In her piece she praises the RLA, which she says has done ‘great work […]

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A system of mandatory licensing, with a publicly available database of rogue landlords has been called for at the Liberal Democrat conference. A motion was passed including a number of proposals for the private rented sector. In addition to the call for licensing it wants: The promotion of longer private tenancies, with inflation or wage […]

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Too many local authorities are unprepared for the changes to mandatory licensing that are due to come into force in less than two weeks’ time, the RLA can reveal. The changes will require landlords who let a property to five or more tenants forming two or more households to apply to their local authority for a […]

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THE Home Office is to reconvene its Private Rented Sector (PRS) stakeholder panel on Right to Rent, following pressure from the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The RLA has welcomed the news the Government is willing to re-engage with the sector, and that a new meeting of the panel has been scheduled for October. Right to […]

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This week it is Gas Safety week, an annual week coordinated by the Gas Safe Register. As part of the week, the Gas Safe register has issued the following SIX steps that landlords can take in order to be ‘Gas Safe’. These are: Only use a Gas Safe registered engineer to fit, fix and service your appliances. […]

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