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RLA Wales has told the government it must take landlords’ time into account when setting default fees. While the fee ban in England was introduced in June, the Welsh ban does not come into force until September. However, unlike the English equivalent, matters such as default fees (paid by tenants breaching their contract) and prescribed […]

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Letting agents in England are being urged to check that they are signed up to an approved redress scheme that covers the full remit of their work. The warning comes after a letting agents was recently fined £3000 for belonging to an approved redress scheme for its letting agency work but not for its property […]

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Summer is here and with that there are bound to be a plethora of barbeques, swimming pools and sun-loungers filling the gardens up and down the country. This week one of our members contacted us with a query relating to the garden of their property, specifically regarding who should be responsible for the maintenance of […]

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The Government published a consultation around reform of the the rogue landlord database at the weekend. In this blog first published on Anthony Gold, our policy director David Smith writes about this consultation. This last weekend did not only see the publication of the section 21 consultation, but the Government also published a consultation around reform of the the rogue landlord […]

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Boris Johnson will become the UK’s next Prime Minister, so what does this mean for housing – and in particular the private rented sector? While both Johnson and Hunt have remained tight-lipped on plans regarding housing and the PRS, we can look to his record as London Mayor and to a lesser extent to his […]

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Here RLA trainer, housing benefit and Universal Credit expert Bill Irvine examines a recent case in which a tenant was falsely accused of being in a relationship with her landlord. The council claimed it had overpaid £17,000 in housing benefit and took the decision to prosecute the tenant in the county court for benefit fraud. […]

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The RLA is warning that a proposed city-wide Article 4 direction in Birmingham could harm the supply of housing in the city-and lead to rent increases. Birmingham City Council is proposing to introduce a city wide Article 4 direction. This means that if a private landlord wishes to convert their property into a House of […]

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Over the weekend the Government published a consultation on plans to axe Section 21-so called ‘no fault’ repossessions in the private rented sector. In this blog first published on Anthony Gold, RLA policy director David Smith takes a closer look at the consultation. This weekend the government issued the long-awaited consultation on getting rid of section 21 […]

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Plans to improve the Universal Credit system by ending the benefits freeze and promoting direct payments to landlords have been put forward by a cross-party group of MPs. Under the proposals, outlined in a new report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Universal Credit said the DWP would: End the five-week wait Make payments fortnightly […]

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The Government has published the consultation of abolishing Section 21, so called ‘no fault’ repossessions in the private rented sector. The consultation, which can be accessed online here, will run for twelve weeks, closing on 12th October 2019. The consultation includes proposals to improve the court system and alternative process for regaining possession of a […]

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