As a landlord, it goes without saying that your property should be safe and secure. There are a range of things that you as a landlord can do to ensure your property is as safe as it can be. In this ‘How to’ series, thanks to the RLA’s partnership with Tradepoint, we take a look at […]
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The country’s largest landlord organisations are to come together to deliver a stronger voice for the private rented sector. The National Landlords Association (NLA) and the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) will unite to form the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) with a membership of more than 80,000 landlords making it by far the largest organisation […]
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A crowdfunding page set up to raise money for an appeal to protect the rights of landlords to repossess their properties has raised more than £4500 a week since it launched. The legal case The RLA is currently urging landlords to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a […]
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The Home Office’s County Lines campaign aims to help landlords and letting agents spot the signs of County Lines. What is County Lines? The term county lines refers to urban gangs supplying drugs to suburban areas, as well as market and coastal towns, by using dedicated mobile phone lines or “deal lines”. Gangs use children and […]
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Landlords and letting agents in Wales are being invited to attend a free forum hosted by Conwy Council next month. Attendees will be able to hear from a wide range of expert speakers on issues including the tenant fees ban -which comes into force this week, fire safety and Universal Credit. Landlords will hear from […]
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Private landlords and letting agents with properties in Wales are being urged to make their views heard in the Welsh Government’s consultation of reforming the possession process. The consultation “Increasing the minimum notice period for a no fault eviction” was launched on 11th July, and will close on 5th September. The RLA has prepared a […]
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The RLA is concerned that a planned borough wide additional licensing scheme in the London Borough of Brent will do little to improve housing standards. What the Council is proposing Brent Council is currently consulting on plans to renew an additional licensing scheme for all houses of multiple occupations across the borough. The council is […]
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Universal Credit is causing tenants to get behind with their rent according to new research for the RLA. It reports that 54 per cent of those private landlords who have let to tenants on Universal Credit in the past 12 months have seen them fall into rent arrears. Of these, 82 per cent said that […]
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Landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent court case in which a landlord’s attempt to regain their property was deemed invalid due to a dispute over a gas safety certificate. After that landlord was initially granted an order to repossess the property […]
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It has been two years since the RLA launched its private renting, evidence, analysis and research lab PEARL. To mark the second birthday, RLA PEARL published a series of informative blog posts last week as part of #PEARLweek. Here, we take a look back at some of the highlights. Meet RLA PEARL We kicked off […]
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