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The RLA’s Landlord Action Team prides itself on keeping up to date with changes to legislation so it can always give the right advice to our members.
However, there are issues when legislation or court procedures change without adequate advertising.

As part of the Immigration Act 2014, landlords are responsible for performing Right to Rent checks on prospective tenants before signing them up to a tenancy agreement.

Landlords in parts of Peterborough will need licences to operate after the city council’s selective licensing scheme was given the green light by the Government.

This time last year, the Landlord Advice Team fully expected to be spending a large portion of the year fielding questions relating to energy efficiency improvements.

This was because from April 2016, landlords have been expected to consent to requests from tenants for energy efficiency improvements, but only where the landlord does not have to pay for it themselves.

Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for rent controls and “secure tenancies” in the private rented sector would spell disaster for tenants, reducing the supply and the quality of homes to let. The plans were among 10 pledges announced by the Labour leadership contender today, but the RLA believes that introducing controlled rents would inevitably reduce the supply […]

A new analysis of housing trends in England is wrong to claim that the private rented sector is not fit for purpose, says RLA chairman Alan Ward.
The report from the Resolution Foundation argues that private sector tenants are more likely to face insecurity as a result of short term tenancies.

Buy-to-let landlords will have to fork out up to £5,000 to make rental homes energy efficient under new Government plans.
A total of 330,000 buy-to-let homes, typically Victorian and Edwardian properties, will be affected and the Residential Landlords Association has warned the new ‘green tax’ could push rents even higher.

Hundreds of landlords’ applications for Alternative Payment Arrangements (APAs) under Universal Credit are being deleted by the Department for Work & Pensions. (DWP)
Universal Credit expert Bill Irvine said he has been contacted by members complaining the DWP is refusing to deal with their applications claiming they ‘could not open attachments’ and as a result is entitled to delete them.

RLA members are being encouraged to donate unwanted items to good causes through new smartphone app Gone for Good.
The app matches businesses and individuals with charities in their postcode, who actively want to receive particular items and will collect them for free.

We have recently launched our first quarterly survey on the Tax and Finance issues affecting the private rented sector. We are delighted to announce that we have had over 2,500 landlords who have made their voice heard and shared their experiences. The more landlords that help the greater the confidence there is in our survey […]