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Following a consultation earlier this year, East Staffordshire have confirmed that they have been given approval to start a Selective Licensing in the area of DE14, inner Burton. The scheme will come into force on 12th September 2017, private landlords will have to ensure that they have applied for a licence by this date. The […]

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Brighton and Hove Council have announced today that they have begun a licensing consultation on two new licensing schemes, one additional and one selective. This proposal will affect over 27,000 properties. The consultation comes to a close 10th September 2017. Selective Licensing was introduced under the Housing Act 2004. The Housing Act 2004 says that before introducing […]

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The government has approached the RLA to contact landlords, owners and managers of PRS blocks throughout England in the wake of the Grenfell Tower blaze. The association was contacted by the Department for Communities and Local Government to share vital information with members following the devastating fire. In a letter Melanie Dawes, permanent secretary for […]

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One of the most common topics we handle in the Landlord Advice Team is the issue of deposits. Landlords often complain to us that, after spending a lot of time preparing evidence for adjudication, they end up receiving very little back to cover their losses. Despite the adjudication process being more than 10 years old, […]

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Plans to ban fees paid by tenants to both landlords and letting agents will leave the market in limbo, according to the RLA. The Queen’s Speech revealed the plans, first announced by the chancellor in November, will now be published as a Draft Bill for further scrutiny. This comes after a consultation on the proposed ban […]

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This week, Stevenage Borough Council have confirmed that they are going ahead with plans to implement a borough-wide Article 4 planning restriction. Article 4 directions restrict permitted rights either in relation to a particular area or site, or a particular type of development anywhere in the local authority’s area. When an Article 4 direction is […]

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From the 5th June landlords in Hammersmith and Fulham now have two new licensing schemes to comply with. After a consultation period the London Borough have decided to go ahead with the implementation of both selective and additional licensing schemes. Selective Licensing was introduced under the Housing Act 2004. The Housing Act 2004 says that before […]

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It has been described as one of the biggest threats to the UK’s financial stability – so why is it only now that people are taking the UK housing crisis seriously? RLA policy manager John Stewart asks why the issue of housing has been marginalised for so long. The UK is in the midst of […]

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Wales should resist efforts to roll out plans to turn landlords into immigration police. That’s the call by the Residential Landlords Association Cymru as new figures show the extent to which landlords are becoming more cautious about renting property to those who cannot easily prove their identity, making it more difficult for the seventeen per […]

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Nearly half of landlords are less likely to rent homes to tenants without a British passport as a result of the immigration tests they have to make. This means that for the seventeen per cent of British citizens who don’t own a passport, many of whom are likely to be some of the poorest in […]

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