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As winter draws in and Christmas approaches, landlords will naturally start to worry about the traditional problems at this time of year; rent arrears and cold weather. This week’s caller was concerned enough to be proactive about it. The member called us, concerned that his tenants were likely to leave the house unattended over the […]

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Ahead of a debate which is due to take place in the House of Commons on Section 21 on Thursday, the RLA has been cited heavily. The debate, which is set to take place on Thursday 6th December is called: “The use of section 21 evictions in the private rented sector.” Included in the briefing […]

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The Mayor of Salford Paul Dennett said that Greater Manchester wants to end the needs for rough sleeping in 2020, when he addressed those who attended a research launch event at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) last week. Mr Dennett was talking about the wider contexts of homelessness in Manchester at the MMU launch of a […]

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The RLA is warning that tenants who are on benefits or who own a pet will suffer, after the Government announced plans to cut its new deposit cap from six to five weeks. The cap, which is being introduced under the new Tenant Fees Bill next year, was set at six weeks rent in May. […]

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RESPONDING to confirmation that the Government has u-turned on its decision to cap tenancy deposits at six weeks, by reducing this to five for most tenancies, David Smith, Policy Director for the Residential Landlords Association said: “In doing a complete about turn on this, it is unfortunately vulnerable and elderly tenants who will suffer, just […]

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Landlords in Great Yarmouth can now apply for licences directly from the council, following pressure from the RLA. Great Yarmouth Borough Council is now accepting and processing licence applications via its website for the new selective licensing scheme in parts of the town’s Nelson ward. The news comes after the RLA, which objected to the introduction […]

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Landlords would be ‘badly let down’ by the government if it cuts its new deposit cap from six to five weeks – a move which would also make it harder for people to find homes to rent. A press report over the weekend claimed a reduction in the maximum level of security deposit landlords will […]

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An ‘exciting proposal’ for landlords willing to house benefits tenants and low-income families is being worked on by the Welsh government, according to housing minister Rebecca Evans. Speaking at the RLA’s second annual Future Renting Wales conference in Cardiff today, the minister exclusively revealed landlords could be offered incentives and other support to house those […]

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Welcome to the live blog from the RLA’s Future Renting Wales conference 2018! Here you’ll be able to read a roundup of the day as it happened. We’re setting up here at Jury’s Inn in Cardiff for our #FutureRentingWales conference today hosted by @lucyowenwales with speakers including @wgmin_housing @JustinTomlinson @PaulShamplina Let us know if you’re […]

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Two thirds of councils in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the RLA. Nearly a fifth of councils didn’t even issue any Improvement Notices which order a landlord to carry out certain repairs or improvements to a property. Following the introduction in April 2017 of new […]

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