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New funding announced by the government to tackle criminal landlords is welcome – but is nowhere near enough. Ministers have today announced that local authorities will be able to access almost £4 million in new funding, as part of what it describes as a “crackdown on criminal landlords” for 2019/20. This comes after £2 million […]

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The number of laws creating an obligation on private landlords has increased by 32 per cent since 2010. According to a new analysis by the RLA, the total number of regulations affecting landlords has increased to 156, up from 118 when the Conservative-led coalition government came to power. The RLA is warning the increase in […]

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A borough-wide licensing scheme that has been proposed in Islington could lead to rent increases if it is introduced, the RLA has warned. Islington Council is proposing to introduce a borough-wide additional HMO licensing scheme, and a selective licensing scheme to cover all properties in the Finsbury Park ward not already covered by mandatory licensing. […]

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The Welsh Housing Minister, Julie James AM will address landlords, agents and property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting Wales conference next month. The third annual conference, in Cardiff, will be held at the city’s Jury’s Inn on November 28thoffering landlords a valuable insight into the future of the private rented sector in Wales. With the […]

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The Phase One report of the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry has been published. The report states that the reason the fire spread so quickly to the whole building was due to Aluminum Composite Material (ACM) cladding. The Phase One report looked into established exactly what happened in the early hours of 14th June 2017, and […]

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The RLA has always understood the challenges faced by landlords and is proactive in doing all it can to support members with the tools they need to do the right thing. Therefore, the RLA and TDS have joined forces once again to create a free, custodial tenancy deposit option for RLA landlords called DepositGuard Custodial. […]

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With a General Election set for December 12, the RLA has published a six-point manifesto unveiling a positive vision for the private rented sector. Too much attention is given to the idea that the sector is a problem which requires management. Instead the RLA argues that what is needed is a positive, ambitious programme for […]

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This week our advice team were able to assist one of our members with an issue where their tenant had been subletting the property. This is unfortunately quite a common issue that landlords face, and can be quite a serious issue depending on that individual person’s situation. The landlord may have a licence, a mortgage […]

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Plans to make the Government’s rogue landlord database public would be pointless unless local authorities make use of the existing powers already available to them, the RLA has warned. The Government recently ran a twelve week consultation on reforming the rogue landlord database, introduced in April 2018. The database-which is different to the Mayor of […]

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Rent controls hurt tenants by drying up the supply of homes to rent and in some cases increasing rents according to new research published today. With the Mayor of London calling for the power to introduce rent controls across the capital, an analysis of existing research by the Residential Landlords Association on the impact of […]

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