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RLA protecting landlords over Council error On Friday 22nd July, it was brought to our attention that Reigate and Banstead Borough Council had released thousands of landlords details into the public domain as part of a Freedom Of Information (FOI) request. The FOI request asked the council for details on landlords so an individual could […]

A damning new report showing how taxing landlords is actually penalising tenants has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.
‘Taxing tenants: how taxes on landlords end up hitting tenants’, published by the Taxpayers’ Alliance, says the Government’s new tax grabs will inevitably force up rents – having a massive impact on the country’s PRS tenants.

Government policy is making it harder than ever for benefits claimants and the homeless to rent homes, according to a new report based on RLA data.
The Residential Landlords Association has been working with Sheffield Hallam University as part of an investigation into access to the PRS by the homeless and those on benefits.

Gavin Barwell was this week named Housing and Planning Minister by new Prime Minister Theresa May. But what is this likely to mean for PRS landlords?
Barwell, MP for Croydon Central said he was keen to work with landlords, councils, housing authorities and developers to tackle the UK housing crisis – and has been a vocal critic of the controversial licensing schemes being introduced throughout the country.

The Government has addressed the confusion over rules regarding Right to Rent checks on foreign students coming to start courses in the UK.
The RLA approached the Home Office asking for clarification on whether checks must be carried out twice – when agreeing the tenancy, potentially months in advance, and again 28 days or less before students were due to move in.

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) Cymru is asking the Welsh Assembly to scrap the 3% stamp duty levy on buy-to-let properties to boost the number of homes to rent.
The Welsh Assembly is set to adopt the new Land Transaction Tax – the Welsh equivalent to stamp duty – and the RLA is now lobbying AMs to drop the surcharge which was brought in by George Osborne.

The new Government needs to back the nation’s landlords as a new report by Peers finds that institutional investors are failing to provide for the rental sector.

The new Chancellor Philip Hammond must reset the Government’s attitude to the Private Rented Sector to prevent the UK housing crisis spiraling out of control.
Since 2015 George Osborne has imposed punitive tax rises on the private rented sector in the belief that landlords are preventing first time buyers getting onto the property ladder.

The Supreme Court has overturned an appeal by a tenant was suing his landlord over an uneven paving stone – a decision which has been hailed good news for landlords
In the case of Edwards v Kumarasamy, Mr Edwards, who rented a flat from Mr Kumarasamy was hurt when he tripped on an uneven paving stone on the path leading to the communal bins and the car park.

Theresa May is the UK’s new Prime Minister – with her new cabinet set to be announced as early as this evening.
George Osborne, who last year has announced a series of tax changes which could potentially devastate the Private Rented Sector, is expected lose his position as Chancellor, with current Housing Minister Brandon Lewis – a key supporter of May – tipped to become Transport Secretary.