October 2019

October is here and with the clocks due to go back soon, there has never been a better time to make sure that your property is secure. Data from the Office of National Statistics shows that there were 669,000 cases of domestic burglary in England and Wales in 2018 – and one in four were […]

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In a new feature for the RLA’s Campaigns and News Centre the team will bring you the latest news on the PRS from Westminster and beyond. This could be anything from Parliamentary questions, Commons reports, thinktank reports and research. Tuesday, October 1, 2019 No Assessment Made on Increasing Scope of Housing Support Says DWP Minister […]

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This week the Conservative Party Conference is taking place in Manchester and on Monday evening the RLA hosted a fringe event. Speakers on the panel included Chair Kevin Hollinrake MP, Bob Blackman, MP, Guy Campbell, senior research fellow at the research institue Onward, and the RLA’s policy manager John Stewart. Have a read of a […]

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Landlords who want to convert family homes in Tower Hamlets into small HMOs will need to submit planning applications to do so under new plans revealed by the city council. The local authority plans to introduce a borough-wide Article 4 Direction, removing ‘permitted development rights’ for small HMOs, so that planning permission must be obtained […]

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RLA research looking at Section 21 repossessions has been quoted extensively in a new report by the House of Commons Library. The Commons Library has published a paper providing background on the use of Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 to gain repossession, and the government’s plans to abolish it. Ministers announced the controversial proposals on April […]

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Anyone watching Robert Jenrick at the Conservative Conference hoping for news on the PRS would be sadly disappointed – or could it be no news is good news? The Housing Secretary told the party conference in Manchester there was a need to build new homes ‘of all tenures’ and outlined a four-point plan for housing. […]

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