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Proposals to link rent increases to inflation would leave tenants worse off according to official data published today. According to the Office for National Statistics’ rent index published today, private sector rents across Britain increased by 1.1 per cent in the year to January 2018. In London they grew by just 0.2 per cent. Over […]

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THE Government has been urged to think strategically in its approach to the private rented sector. The call was made during a meeting the Residential Landlords Association held last week with the new Minister for the Private Rented Sector, Heather Wheeler MP, alongside other industry groups. The RLA outlined the importance of joined up working […]

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The RLA pressed for a dedicated Housing Court when it met with the new Minister for the Private Rented Sector, Heather Wheeler MP last week. During the meeting, the RLA called for a new Housing Court something that it believes would give landlords greater confidence that they would be able to access justice more quickly and less expensively […]

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Grenfell continues to exercise the minds of MPs, as an urgent question from Labour’s Shadow Housing and Communities Secretary, John Healey MP, showed on Monday. The Building Research Establishment (BRE) had withdrawn a cladding test result from its website, after the manufacturer discovered discrepancies between the materials stated and those in the test sample. While […]

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One of the worst things that can happen in a home is a burst pipe, particularly in winter. It can leave the landlord falling foul of Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. It also creates a Category 1 hazard under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System. Costs to fix it can vary […]

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The problem of condensation and mould is something that is more and more prominent during the winter period. A landlord recently posted on our Forum with an issue around mould in one of their rental properties. The landlords’ tenant had sent them an email saying that there is black mould on the wall of her […]

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Landlords in Liverpool have just a week to submit their responses to a consultation by Liverpool City Council on the removal of permitted development rights. The council is concerned that there are too many Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) in the Dales area of Liverpool, L15, and that they could put pressure on the local environment […]

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The next NWPOA meeting for local landlords will be on the 22nd February 2018 at the Malmaison Hotel, Liverpool. At the meeting there will be an update from the NWPOA on issues affecting landlords in Liverpool. An update from Andrew Goodacre (CEO at the RLA) on the licensing scheme in Liverpool and the impact of the […]

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The Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) has been used for the first time by a council in England, against criminal landlords who crammed 31 tenants into filthy and dangerous living conditions. In a case heard at Harrow Crown Court last week, His Honour Recorder Rubin QC ordered that the POCA could be used by Brent Council, […]

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The week started with Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn attacking conditions in the private rented sector and accused the government of being ‘in the pockets of property speculators and rogue landlords’. This will come as news to many in the PRS, given the almost constant drip of new legislation from the government, placing new burdens on landlords, […]

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