March 2019

Our landlord advice team have received a number of calls recently in relation to the upcoming requirement for letting agents to have client money protection in place. This week’s call was from a member looking to find out where they can find client money protection and what exactly they are required to do under the […]

The post Call of the Week-Client Money Protection appeared first on RLA Campaigns and News Centre.

As the March 29 deadline approaches, we ask what the impact of Brexit will be on the private rented sector? In an article first published in RLA magazine Residential Property Investor, policy manager John Stewart looks at what we do – and don’t – know so far. Though it may not seem like it for landlords, who […]

The post Brexit – are we any further forward? appeared first on RLA Campaigns and News Centre.

Landlords and agents will have seen the news saying that the Right to Rent has been held by the High Court to be in breach of the Human Rights Act. The RLA in intervened in this important case to protect the interests of landlords and instructed Giles Peaker of Anthony Gold Solicitors. Here RLA policy director […]

The post Right to Rent ruling: the implications appeared first on RLA Campaigns and News Centre.

The High Court has ruled the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are responsible for checking the immigration status of their tenants with the prospect of prosecution if they know or have “reasonable cause to believe” that the property they are letting is occupied by someone […]

The post Right to Rent DOES breach human rights, rules High Court appeared first on RLA Campaigns and News Centre.

RRESPONDING to an announcement from the Government that it plans to work with stakeholders to address the issue of ‘No DSS’ adverts in the private rented sector, John Stewart, Policy Manager for the Residential Landlords Association said: “Landlords should not refuse someone solely because they are on benefits, and should consider prospective tenants on a […]

The post Reforms needed to support benefit claimants in rented housing appeared first on RLA Campaigns and News Centre.

Plans to end blanket bans on renting to benefits tenants have been announced by government today. Minister for Housing and Homelessness Heather Wheeler MP has said letting adverts which potentially discriminate against would-be tenants on housing benefit should end. She says she will be meeting with industry representatives, including the RLA to talk about the […]

The post Government vows action on no DSS bans appeared first on RLA Campaigns and News Centre.

Councils across England have cut the amount they are spending on enforcement work to tackle criminal landlords by a quarter in less than 10 years. According to analysis by the RLA , whilst spending by local authorities in England on housing standard activities was £44.5 million in 2009/10, by 2017/18 that had fallen to £33.5 […]

The post Rogue landlord enforcement funding cut by 25% appeared first on RLA Campaigns and News Centre.