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September marks the start of the new academic year, with students flocking back to universities across the country. In recent years the student housing market has changed beyond recognition – so what does the future hold? And is there still a place for the traditional student landlord as numbers are set to decline? In this article […]

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Landlords with benefits tenants can access a new, updated guide to Universal Credit. The Department for Work and Pensions has reviewed the guide with more information on Universal Credit full service and live service areas and a Frequently Asked Questions section. Other sections of the guide that have been updated include the section about notifying landlords that […]

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In the three months since the Grenfell Tower tragedy fire safety has never been far from the headlines. This week is Fire Door Safety Week and to coincide with this year’s campaign the RLA is mobilising members to take the time to check their doors , to potentially avoid a similar disaster. Time For Change […]

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This week marks the seventh annual Gas Safety Week. Poorly maintained gas appliances cause gas leaks, fires, explosions and even carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and can cause serious injury and even death. The Gas Safety Week campaign, co-ordinated by Gas Safe Register, aims to raise awareness of this, and has issued six simple steps to staying ‘gas […]

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Today has been revealed as the BUSIEST day of the year for tenancies coming to an end, according to the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS). The September 21st date has been calculated using statistics recorded over the last ten years. Last year on the third Thursday in September, TDS saw 18,000 tenancies coming to an end, […]

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This week is Gas Safety Week, and to mark this our Call of the Week focuses on a member who called us with a query about a gas safety certificate. The query was about a property being rented by the caller’s son. The son shares with four other students, and they are all on separate […]

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Landlords in Doncaster are celebrating after tenants successfully challenged the council in a row over the level of benefit paid to landlords providing homes to common households. Here Bill Irvine, the RLA’S UC adviser and trainer who represented the tenants at the hearing explains what happened. He said: “Two landlords operating in Doncaster helped their […]

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Lack of supply, increased regulation and stagnating incomes are the real issue, when it comes to affordability, says RLA policy manager John Stewart There is widespread concern that housing is becoming unaffordable. The barriers for first time buyers are well documented and string of government interventions have sought to boost declining levels of home ownership. […]

The post Private renting and affordability: where to point the finger? appeared first on RLA Campaigns and News Centre.

The RLA has met with housing minister Alok Sharma to discuss issues affecting the PRS and to press for greater support for landlords. RLA chairman Alan Ward was invited to meet the minister with conversation centring around issues of affordability and supply and the personal consequences of changes in tenancies. Mr Ward also pressed the […]

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Gas safety is a serious business with poorly maintained gas appliances causing gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Shock statistics show one in six homes across the country has an unsafe gas appliance – and with the potentially fatal consequences landlords must take their responsibilities seriously. This week marks the seventh annual […]

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