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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has told Hastings Council that licensing of private rented properties will not solve issues of anti-social behaviour (ASB). Consultation documents produced by Hasting Borough Council make comparisons between Hastings and ‘similar’ council areas. However RLA analysis shows that in the only area with a Selective Licensing scheme, incidents of ASB increased…

The RLA has received confirmation that the London Borough of Brent will proceed with plans to introduce licensing. Additional HMO licensing requires all HMOs to have a licence to be eligible for renting, while selective licensing designates areas where any privately rented properties must have a licence…

Private sector tenants could be left homeless as a result of a decision by the Government not to include rented properties in its flood insurance cap scheme. The Flood Re Scheme will come into force next year and will cap the insurance of home owners in flood-prone areas at up to £540 a year, varying […]

The Court of Appeal handed down a decision yesterday in the case of Charalambous v Ng on tenancy deposit protection. Tenancies where deposits were taken before tenancy deposit legislation came into force in 2007, which then turned into periodic, also before the law came into force, will now have to protect deposits. These landlords were outside the original decision, but now must comply.

Applications for solid wall insulation funding exhausted £24 million worth of allocation in one day, reports the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) made £30 million available for various energy improvement actions and still has £6 million available for landlords to claim…

More should be done to establish the scale of ‘revenge evictions’ before legislation is resurrected which could put private landlords off providing more homes, according to a group of MPs…

RLA trainer, consultant, and Housing Benefit expert Bill Irvine has written an update regarding Universal Credit (UC) and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) time line for continuing roll out following an announcement from the DWP about plans for roll out in 2015 and beyond…

The RLA has issued guidance ahead of the implementation of the Welsh Government’s new regulations under the Water Industry Act that could mean that landlords become jointly liable for their tenants water debt from the 01st January 2015 if they do not share their tenants information with their water company…

Taken from the Residential Property Investor (RPI), the RLA’s member magazine, this is the first of a series of articles from the Landlord Advice Team (LAT) designed to help landlords understand their rights and obligations. This first article looks at the essentials in setting up a tenancy…

At 9am on Wednesday 10th December, landlords will be able to apply for ‘vouchers’ to improve their properties under the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF). £30million has been made available in vouchers as part of an additional £100million fund announced in October. Further funding will be released on a quarterly basis…