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A major drafting error in Government regulations affecting the private rented sector risks undermining confidence in new legislation being applied to the sector. The Deregulation Act, passed prior to the General Election, provides Ministers with the power to introduce a new standard form for landlords to complete and provide to a tenant when seeking to regain possession of a property on a no fault basis, known as a Section 21 notice…

The week 14-20 September is national ‘Gas Safety Week’. Landlords with properties that use gas for heating, hot water, and/or cooking need to comply with gas safety requirements. The RLA is here to make sure you stay on the right side of the law! The RLA has an entire webpage of guides designed to help landlords keep their properties and tenants safe. As it is gas safety week, we direct your attention specifically to these gas safety guides…

RLA trainer, and housing benefits expert Bill Irvine, returns with his Universal Credit column for private landlords housing benefit tenants. In this edition Bill details the formal complaint procedure and challenging APA arrangements that have issues or have been denied unfairly…

A new Section 21 form has been released. New regulations will require landlords to provide tenants with EPC’s, Gas Safety Certificates, and now a DCLG Booklet on “How to rent” to be eligible to serve a ‘No Fault’ Section 21 eviction notice. The new regulations will apply to new tenancies from 1st October 2015, and then to all tenancies will be impacted from October 1st 2018…

Regulations requiring landlords to install smoke detectors in all private rental properties, and carbon monoxide detectors in room with solid fuel appliances have stalled in committee in the House of Lords…

The RLA has been asked by the Treasury to put forward proposals that support the Government’s objectives of increasing housing supply and raising standards in the private rented sector…

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA), Britain’s leading landlord body, has announced that its subscribed membership has exceeded 20,000…

RLA Chairman Alan Ward has written to the Chief Executive of homelessness charity ‘Shelter’ asking for clarity on statistics released to the media that recently claimed tenants across the country are suffering at the hands of rogue landlords. The RLA condemns any landlord who engages in harassment, threats, or assault of tenants, but finds the reported numbers hard to believe…

The complexity of the Government’s plans to turn landlords into border police is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing according to the Residential Landlords Association. The warning comes on the day that new research indicates the difficulties caused by the Government’s ‘Right to Rent’ scheme, piloted in the West Midlands.

Under the Deregulation Act, from the 1st October 2015, as approved by Parliament, regulations require smoke alarms and in certain circumstances Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarms to be installed in rented residential accommodation. To prepare for this the RLA has produced a series of guides to help landlords understand their responsibilities, and a webpage to help contact your local Fire & Rescue service for more details…