January 2020

Landlords in Birmingham who want to convert homes into small HMOs will have to apply for planning permission to do so. It comes as Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet approved plans to introduce a city-wide Article 4 Direction on small HMOs at a meeting in December. The Article 4 Direction will come into force on Monday […]

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Many landlords and letting agents go above and beyond when it comes to their tenants and their communities. Sallie Stone-Bearne is the founder of Branch Properties, which specialises in finding accommodation for disabled people in the private rented sector. In this piece first published in Residential Property Investor magazine, Sally Walmsley meets her. Sallie Stone-Bearne is the founder of […]

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Today we find out more about the campaigners telling the social sector it must learn from the PRS, the publication of proposed broadband legislation and an ombudsman warning on housing benefit. Social sector ‘has lessons to learn’ from PRS The End Furniture Poverty (EFP) organisation has said that the social housing sector has lessons to […]

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Today we look at the chancellor’s comments on absentee landlords, a government pledge that it will support good landlords to ‘thrive’, plans to make it easier to get broadband installed in blocks of flats – and a survey on the number of landlords planning to sell homes. Absentee Landlords Chancellor Sajid Javid said there is […]

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The RLA’s latest quarterly survey is still open, and landlords are being urged to make their views heard on issues including adaptability and safet standards. Thousands of landlords have already made their views heard, and this helps us to build a clear picture of landlord sentiment on a range of issues-and to build up a […]

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The charity Crisis is calling for the government to increase Local Housing Allowance levels, ending a four-year freeze introduced in 2016. In data published in Inside Housing today, the charity says that the housing benefit shortfall equates to families having to give up at least a quarter of the national average weekly food shop for […]

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Landlords with properties in the North East are being invited to hear an update on the sector at a landlord forum event being held in Newcastle on 23rd January. The forum will take place at Northern Football Club on Great North Road, and registration starts at 5:30pm. The agenda on the night will be: Ian […]

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The Housing Secretary has announced plans to revise the Government’s model tenancy agreement to allow for “well behaved pets” in properties. The Government says that the plan, announced at the weekend, will ensure that more landlords are catering for responsible pet owners wherever possible. Commenting on the plan, Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick MP said: “Pets […]

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In our licensing update this month, we take a look at some of the local licensing schemes set to coming into force very soon, and then we look ahead to ongoing licensing consultations and how landlords can make their views heard. Licensing News HMO landlords: Article 4 Direction to be introduced in Birmingham next summer Earlier this year, we reported on an […]

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The self-assessment tax return deadline is fast approaching, and landlords have until 31st January 2020 to file their self-assessment tax return online. Here, we have put together some useful resources for landlords, including where to find help completing an online self assessment tax return, and we take a look ahead to upcoming tax changes. Self-assessment […]

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