January 2019

Steve Harriott, CEO at Tenancy Deposit Scheme – the RLA’s Depositguard provider – discusses the serious fire which destroyed the company’s head-office. He said: “I’ve always firmly believed that TDS’s biggest strength is the expertise, dedication and attitude of our colleagues. “The fire at our head office just two weeks ago put that theory to […]

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The RLA has given evidence to the London Assembly Housing Committee on the roll out of Universal Credit on Tuesday. During the evidence session RLA senior policy officer Natalie Williamson called for the process of Alternative Payments to be improved. Natalie shared with the committee that while recent changes have meant that things are starting […]

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Private landlords are being invited to take part in Home Office research looking into the development of a new online Right to Rent checking service. The Home Office say that the new online service will make completeting right to rent checks both quciker and easier for landlords. They say “in this phase of development the […]

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Joe is a lettings manager in Moston, Manchester. For the past nine years many of the properties that he manages have been let out to tenants in receipt of housing benefit, including Universal Credit Here, Joe blogs about his experiences of renting out properties to tenants who are in receipt of Universal Credit. Open up […]

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Leona Leung is a landlord and a letting agent based in Birmingham. She mostly rents out properties in the city centre and many of her tenants are international students and professionals. Here, she explains what she thinks of the Right to Rent checks that landlords like her have to carry out. “I love being a […]

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While the Tenant Fees Bill in England is due to come in on June 1, plans to ban fees in Wales continue to be debated. The Renting Homes Wales (fees etc) Bill is now in its third stage and was due to be debated in the Senedd on January 15. However the debate has since been put […]

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The RLA celebrated its 20th anniversary last year – growing from 350 members in 1998 to 35,000 now. And as the membership has grown so have staff numbers. When the RLA opened its existing office in Sale in 1999 there was just a single member of staff, with the helpline – now the Landlord Advice […]

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In this week’s #DepositDoctor, the Tenancy Deposit Scheme answer a landlord’s question of how renewing the current tenancy with his tenants will affect the tenancy deposit. For many landlords, the idea of having long-term, reliable tenants who are keen to renew their tenancy is one they’d be happy with as it takes the hassle away […]

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Since the RLA published its guide to the tenants’ fees bill there have been a number of questions and comments from members looking for clarification on what they can – and can’t charge for. Here we look at some of the commonly asked questions. What can I charge for? In short you can charge for rent […]

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TENANTS in private rented housing are bearing the brunt of the Government’s tax increases on rented housing. That’s the warning being issued by the Residential Landlords Association as research shows the supply of homes to rent is drying up whilst demand continues to be strong. Data released today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors […]

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