January 2020

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is to put calls for rent controls in the capital at the heart of his campaign for re-election. Speaking to Politico he has said that: “Fundamental change in the private rented sector in London is long overdue. More and more Londoners are renting long-term, including families and older people, and the law […]

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We start 2020, yet again in the knowledge there are big changes ahead for landlords, with the government committing to pressing ahead with plans to axe Section 21 repossessions and the full impact of changes to Section 24 kicking in this year.Here we talk to industry experts about the changes we have seen in the […]

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The House of Commons Library has published a briefing paper considering how affordable housing is defined in England and looks at key trends in the affordability of different tenure types. It examines the supply of affordable housing and the role of Housing Benefit in allowing families to access and keep affordable housing. Of note, the paper states: […]

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Government funding to root out criminal landlords is welcome, but not enough to tackle the scale of the problem. Ministers have today confirmed details of more than 100 local authorities in England which will share £4 million in new funding, as part of what it describes as a “crackdown on criminal landlords”. Whilst the RLA […]

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It’s been a busy year for the Residential Landlords Association and the PRS as a whole, with game-changing announcements, including plans to axe Section 21. Here we take a look back at some of the biggest news from 2019 month-by-month. January The RLA celebrated the start of the year with the announcement membership had hit 35,000, […]

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