November 2018

An ‘exciting proposal’ for landlords willing to house benefits tenants and low-income families is being worked on by the Welsh government, according to housing minister Rebecca Evans. Speaking at the RLA’s second annual Future Renting Wales conference in Cardiff today, the minister exclusively revealed landlords could be offered incentives and other support to house those […]

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Welcome to the live blog from the RLA’s Future Renting Wales conference 2018! Here you’ll be able to read a roundup of the day as it happened. We’re setting up here at Jury’s Inn in Cardiff for our #FutureRentingWales conference today hosted by @lucyowenwales with speakers including @wgmin_housing @JustinTomlinson @PaulShamplina Let us know if you’re […]

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The RLA is working with the Department for Work and Pensions on a campaign to reach out to both Social and Private Rental Sector landlords to provide information about Universal Credit that will help them support their tenants. DWP has developed a new suite of landlord communication products including a top tips guide, new videos and […]

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A landlord posted a question on our Forum recently about joint tenancies. The landlord was faced with a dilemma when it comes to their tenants who are on a joint tenancy. The assured short-hold tenancy started on 1st October 2017, and the tenants were now in a contractual periodic tenancy. The situation was that the […]

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Two thirds of councils in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the RLA. Nearly a fifth of councils didn’t even issue any Improvement Notices which order a landlord to carry out certain repairs or improvements to a property. Following the introduction in April 2017 of new […]

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A project that was set up to promote equality and diversity in the Welsh PRS, that is being run in partnership with the RLA has scooped a top housing award. The Open Doors project, which is being run by charity Tai Pawb, won the ‘New Ideas and Approaches Award’ at the Chartered Institute of Housing Awards at […]

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A proposed licence condition set out by Burnley Council which would require property managers to live within 40 minutes of the property they let out has been labelled ‘excessive’ by the RLA. The licence condition is just one of the things that Burnley Council would require landlords to comply with, should the proposed selective licensing […]

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Our Future Renting Wales conference is only a few days away, and here Policy Officer Mathew Norman writes about an issue relating to Rent Smart Wales, that some of our members have been in touch with the team about. You can hear the latest on Rent Smart Wales, and other issues such as Brexit and […]

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This Cyber Monday we’ve got a fantastic offer on membership! We offer a lot for landlord and corporate members at the RLA, and until the end of Monday you can join the RLA at half price. Landlords can join us for just £39.98 and Corporate members at £77.48! Here are ELEVEN reasons to join the […]

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Welcome to ‘Buy to Let Market’, a column aimed at providing you with recent criteria and product updates within the Buy to Let lending markets. Buy to Let Market Update: – Leeds Building Society – has launched an ‘easy start’ Buy to Let mortgage for landlords, with 0% interest for the first three months. The […]

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