September 2019

Landlords and letting agents are being urged to respond to licensing consultations. The RLA aims to respond to all licensing consultations run by local authorities. See below for an up to date list of current consultations and their closing dates and to read our recent licensing consultation responses. The RLA is currently supporting a landlord in […]

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The Welsh Government has put forward a proposal to shake up the rules around converting unfilled purpose built student accommodation into social housing. At a press conference on Tuesday, the Housing Minister Julie James AM said that the Welsh Government will shortly launch a consultation on plans to change the rules around space standards in […]

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Since the introduction of the assured shorthold tenancy (AST), most landlords have been able to use a section 21 notice to regain possession of their property where they have a legitimate reason to do so. However, not all tenancies are assured shorthold tenancies and quite often landlords are not aware that they have something else. […]

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Landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess their properties when a tenant stops paying rent. This follows a recent court case in which a landlord’s attempt to regain their property was deemed invalid because of a licensing technicality. The landlord Mr Jarvis holds a Rent Smart Wales […]

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John McDonnell has pledged to cap rents in his speech to the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. In the speech he says a future Labour Government will “cap rents and build a million new genuinely affordable homes, so young people in particular aren’t pouring away thousands of pounds from their wages to rip-off landlords”. However […]

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The RLA has responded to plans to extend an additional and selective licensing scheme in the London Borough of Havering. The Council is proposing to add to the existing HMO additional licensing scheme in the borough by introducing another scheme that includes the six remaining wards currently not covered. As well as this, the Council […]

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Ben Beadle is to be the chief executive of the new National Residential Landlords Association, formed from the merger of the National Landlords Association and the Residential Landlords Association. The NRLA will launch in January 2020. Ben is currently Director of Operations at Touchstone, part of the Places for People housing group. Previously he was […]

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This week the seventh fire door safety week takes place. Fire Door Safety week, organised by the British Woodworking Federation, aims to stamp out bad practice and raise awareness of the important role that fire doors play.To mark the week, and there are a number of resources for landlords and tenants on the fire door […]

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The first ever banning order against a landlord has been issued in England. The banning order-imposed by Telford & Wrekin Council, means that the landlord in question is barred from letting out a house-or being involved in any aspect of property management for the next five years. Telford and Wrekin Council applied for both a […]

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A report published today by the Trussell Trust reveals that people claiming Universal Credit in July 2019 experienced a 42% increase in rent arrears since rollout commenced in 2015. The report recommends that the Government ends the five week wait for people to receive Universal Credit when applying for the scheme is ended. The findings […]

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