September 2019

The RLA’s Training Academy marks its first birthday this week. The RLA has been running training courses for more than ten years, and last September the Training Academy was launched – giving members access to a wider range of courses and brand new features. To mark the Academy’s first birthday, the RLA is offering 25% […]

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Many landlords will experience anti-social behaviour from a tenant while providing homes.The RLA recently undertook the largest ever non-governmental survey of the PRS. In this research we found 51% of section 21 users had done so at least partially because of an anti-social tenant. Even more had done so because of damage and rent arrears. This week’s […]

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A proposal allowing tenants to transfer a deposit between landlords when moving house has been outlined by the RLA in its response to a government consultation on deposit reform. The government launched its call for evidence asking for information on the barriers tenants face when it comes to providing a ‘second deposit’ when moving from […]

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War was declared on those who supply properties to the private rented sector back in 2015. Stamp duty is now being levied at a higher rate on properties bought to be rented; most properties bought by private buy-to-let investors pay an extra 3% in tax. From 2017 the rate at which interest on mortgages used […]

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The government’s approach to the private rented sector is “incoherent” according for a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. David Miles, now a Professor of Financial Economics at Imperial College London, has argued that contrary to the government’s stated aims, there are “few signs” that tax increases on the sector have […]

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The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is asking for landlords’ opinions on tax reporting and payment arrangements. The OTS is an independent adviser to government suggesting changes that will make the tax system easier to navigate and reduce red tape. The survey is running until September 20. To share your opinion on the current system […]

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Hounslow Council has u-turned on plans to bring in a licensing scheme for landlords following representations by the RLA and Safeagent. Plans for an additional licensing scheme for landlords were passed by the local authority’s cabinet in July. In response to this the RLA threatened the council with judicial review on the basis that the […]

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Every year an estimated two million adults are the victims of the domestic abuse in the UK. Today’s call of the week features a member who was called by a distraught tenant to inform them that their partner had been regularly assaulting them. This had been going on for months and the tenant had finally […]

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The government’s appeal against a damning ruling by the High Court that the Right to Rent breaches human rights law will be heard in January. Following a Judicial Review of the policy secured by the JCWI and supported by the RLA, the presiding judge concluded that discrimination by landlords was taking place “because of the scheme.” In his […]

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The Department for Work and Pensions has published the latest engagement newsletter for landlords and agents. The newsletter, which can be accessed on the DWP’s website here, covers latest news relating Universal Credit. This includes details of the roll out of a new managed migration pilot scheme which began in Harrogate in July. It also […]

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