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Our licensing blog this month takes a look ahead to the licensing schemes that are due to be introduced in the coming months, plus details on some local authorities that have extended consultation deadlines due to the coronavirus. Durham licensing scheme consultation extended to August due to coronavirus It was confirmed this month that a […]

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The housing sector has come together to support landlords and tenants facing rent arrears as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. Amidst concerns about the impact that the virus has had on tenant finances, the organisations are launching guidance offering practical ways in which landlords and tenants can work to address arrears that might be building […]

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The government is continuing to ask landlords to ‘show sympathy’ to student tenants, while the ONS publishes its latest figures on the impact of coronavirus on the housing market. Student landlords encouraged to ‘show sympathy’ Afzal Khan MP (Labour, Manchester Gorton) has received a response to his written question asking what plans the Government has to […]

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This week one of our members got in touch with us as they had a query relating to GDPR. They are fairly new to being landlord and wanted to make sure they were compliant. There is a lot of information relating to GDPR out there for landlords to read on the ico website so our […]

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Landlords have welcomed confirmation from a Government Minister that the courts will begin to hear possession cases from 24th August – providing greater certainty for the rental market. Responding to a series of parliamentary questions, Lord Greenhalgh, a Minister at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has said that from the 24th August, […]

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As the lockdown is beginning to ease in England and Wales, the NRLA is continuing to host a series of regional webinars to support landlords during the pandemic, instead of the usual in-person meetings. Dates for upcoming regional webinars this July have now been announced, with landlords urged to register, to these to keep up […]

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NRLA policy and campaigns director Chris Norris gave evidence at the Housing Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee this week. The committee met virtually to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the private rented sector and homelessness. The evidence session began by committee chair Clive Betts MP asking witnesses a question on what is likely […]

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Tenant pressure group Generation Rent is wrong to say homelessness will treble due to rent arrears built as a result of coronavirus. Analysis it released today wrongly assumes landlords are doing nothing to support tenants to stay in their homes where rent arrears are building. However independent polling for the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) […]

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Landlords are being rallied to lobby their Members of Parliament to highlight the consequence of the five month ban on repossessions, due to end on 23 August. The NRLA and Landlord Action are joining forces to encourage landlords affected to tell their MPs about the impact it is having and the need to prioritise urgent […]

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On Monday the Welsh Housing market partially reopened, and today the Welsh Government has published detailed guidance setting out what landlords need to know about carrying out viewings at the moment. The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) Regulations 2020 have also been amended, meaning people in Wales who wish to move home can now do so. The […]

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