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The Welsh Local Government Association has written to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, David Gauke MP calling for the rollout of Universal Credit to be paused. In those areas of Wales where UC has already been rolled out, Flintshire and Torfaen to date, delays have been reported which have led to claimants finding themselves […]

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The DWP has published an updated form for landlords to complete to request payment of rent from a tenant’s Universal Credit. The DWP has made changes to the way landlords using both Managed Payment to Landlords and Third Party Deduction for rent arrears APA (UC47) forms on gov.uk can access the paperwork. Landlords who click on […]

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MPs have considered the Government’s response to last week’s parliamentary defeat on Universal Credit following in an emergency debate in the Commons. The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Debbie Abrahams MP, called for direct payments of the housing element of UC to be made to the landlord, with John Redwood MP asked if Ministers were considering direct payments […]

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Rats, bats and scary shadows with pointy hats. They’re all things commonly associated with Halloween, but what happens when as a landlord you find yourself facing an issue with one of these things in your property? In this week’s Halloween Special Forum Spotlight, we take a look at just that, as a member posted on […]

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BBC Wales broadcaster Lucy Owen has been confirmed as the host for the RLA’s Future Renting Wales conference taking place next month in Cardiff. Lucy, a broadcaster with over 20 years industry experience, presents BBC Wales’ flagship news programme Wales Today. As well as this, she also present popular consumer programme ‘X-Ray’ as well as […]

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As Wales prepares for the provisions of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act to come into force, England and Wales have moved further and further apart in what is required of a landlord. Worse, as Wales waits for implementation of this sweeping change, an effective freeze has been in place on amending existing notices like the […]

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The RLAs work on plans to include rent payment history within credit scores was cited by a number of MPs during a Westminster Hall debate yesterday. The RLA has called for these proposals to be introduced after a survey of almost 3,000 landlords found that 61 per cent would support such a move. At present, credit […]

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The government is asking all private sector bodies for help in identifying all residential buildings over 18m (ACM clad or not) to help find those at risk from potentially dangerous cladding. There is currently no central database that government can call on and so it is asking building owners and managers to submit a form, if they […]

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MPs will today debate whether rent payments should be included when calculating credit scores to support tenants wanting to buy a home of their own. The RLA has called for these proposals to be introduced after a survey of almost 3,000 landlords found that 61 per cent would support such a move. At present, credit rating […]

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This week’s forum spotlight focuses on a landlord who wanted to know how he could gain access to a property to carry out a maintenance inspection. The landlord had an issue with a tenant who was not answering their phone calls or text messages regarding the landlord gaining access to the property in order to […]

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