April 2020

We are living in unusal times. The country has been in lockdown for nearly six weeks, and the NRLA has been keeping its online coronavirus webpages up to date with the very latest information for members. This includes creating template letters for landlords to download and send to tenants to check they’re ok at this […]

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As expected, coronavirus continues to dominate the headlines – we look at todays news, from benefits payments to the latest on student lets. Reports say DWP has suspended payback process Inside Housing is today reporting that the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that the process for paying back rent arrears through Universal Credit deductions has […]

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Bournemouth City Council has confirmed a licensing consultation has been extended due to Covid-19. The consultation is still ongoing, will now close four weeks after the official end of lockdown date is announced, with drop in events for landlords that were due to take place but could not also to be re-scheduled. More details about […]

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Student landlords are facing a unique set of challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. NRLA Chief Executive Ben Beadle has written to Universities UK to ask for their support in ensuring students honour rental contracts. These are difficult times. The country remains in lockdown, with communities across the country –indeed the globe – reeling from the […]

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We are living in unprecedented and unpredictable times. For the last few months, the NRLA has been contacted by many members, letting us know what they are doing to support both their tenants and local communities at this time. —– The country has been in lockdown now for just over five weeks, in order to […]

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This week our advice team were able to help one of our members with a question relating to tenancy deposits and the end of the transitional period of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 in England. The Tenant Fees Act, which came into force on June 1st 2019, introduced a deposit cap of 5 weeks’ rent […]

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Landlords are calling on Ministers to tell local authorities that they should not charge council tax on rented homes left empty because of coronavirus. A significant number of rented homes have been left empty because tenants have been unable to take up tenancies, or have chosen to move out to be closer to family during the lockdown. During this period landlords will become liable […]

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This month the NRLA is running a series of webinars for landlords on managing their lettings business during the Covid-19 pandemic. We have already run interactive webinars on financial support and a webinar specifically for HMO landlords, as well as several regional webinars. Now, these recordings are available to listen back to online. Details of […]

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We look at the new ONS futures, Sadiq Khan’s call for triple protection for tenants as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, questions to government ministers, Right to Rent and building regulations. PRS rents up 1.4% PRS rents in the UK have gone up 1.4% in the 12 months to March 2020 according to new […]

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Landlords have supported calls from the Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers the cost of private rents for those tenants adversely affected by coronavirus. Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to introduce a new ‘triple lock’ of measures aimed at protecting private renters. He has urged the government to increase welfare […]

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