April 2019

With the government’s recent announcement of a consultation period in respect of section 21, the advice team has seen a large number of calls in relation to this matter. This week’s call was from a member who had concerns about this announcement as they were considering issuing a section 21 notice to one of their […]

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On Monday, the Government announced that it intends to launch a consultation on ending Section 21 notices, in England. The RLA will shortly be launching a survey on this for members to share their experiences of the Section 8 and Section 21 processes. Here, in this post originally published on Anthony Gold, RLA Policy Director […]

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At the weekend, the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford AM announced at the Welsh Labour party conference that the Welsh Government intends to axe Section 21 notices. Soon after this announcement, our Vice-Chairman and Director for Wales Douglas Haig met with the First Minister of Wales, to ask him for more information. You can […]

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RLA Wales attended the Welsh Labour Conference in Venue Cymru in Llandudno over the weekend. Here, RLA Policy Officer Tim Thomas blogs about the weekend at the conference, including an important announcement the First Minister made at the conference for private landlords in Wales. ——————————————————————————————————————– RLA Wales attended the Welsh Labour party conference at the weekend. As part of our presence, we had an exhibition stand with the opportunity for members attending the conference to engage with us and to take part in […]

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Today Mark Drakeford AM, the Leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister of Wales announced that the Welsh Government will be banning Section 21. With the Government’s own data showing that it takes over five months from a private landlord applying to the courts for a property to be repossessed to it actually happening, the […]

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LANDLORDS are warning of “serious dangers” to the supply of rental housing for vulnerable tenants as a result of government plans to axe Section 21. The Government is proposing a consultation on the abolition of Section 21, so called ‘no fault’, repossessions in the private rented sector in favour of improving the court system to […]

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Today Mark Drakeford AM, the Leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister of Wales announced that the Welsh Government will be banning Section 21. With the Government’s own data showing that it takes over five months from a private landlord applying to the courts for a property to be repossessed to it actually happening, the […]

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It’s a subject that is often in the headlines, and continues to divide landlords. Pets in rental properties. Some landlords are open to them, while others prefer to opt for a blanket ban. On National Pet Day, in an article first published in the RLA’s Residential Property Investor magazine, Victoria Barker investigates the benefits and potential […]

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Landlords and letting agents are being encouraged to have their say in licensing consultations which are currently being run by several local councils. The RLA aims to respond to all local authority licensing consultations. Please see below for a list of current ongoing licensing consultations. Click here to have a read of the RLA’s previous responses […]

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As of April 1st 2019, any agent who holds client money on behalf of someone else in the course of their business must be signed up to a client money protection scheme. Understandably we have had a number of queries in relation to this recently and a lot of them revolve around the requirements of […]

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