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The Government has launched a new consultation on a proposal to introduce a Housing Court, which could provide greater access to justice for both landlords and tenants, in the event of disputes. The RLA has campaigned for a dedicated housing court extensively, including the proposal in its recent submission to the Autumn Budget. The dedicated housing […]

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RESPONDING to the launch today of a consultation by the Government on establishing a new housing court, David Smith, Policy Director for the Residential Landlords Association, said: “The RLA called for a new Housing Court at the time of the last election and in its budget submission. It therefore welcomes this important consultation. “Improving and […]

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Sheffield City Council has chosen the RLA to be the official delivery partner of its training courses for both the selective licensing scheme and the mandatory HMO licensing scheme in the city. Selective licensing On 1st November 2018, a new selective licensing scheme came into force in some areas of Sheffield, including parts of London Road, Abbeydale […]

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Chartered Tax Advisor Sean Hughes is the latest speaker to be announced for the RLA’s Future Renting Wales conference, on 29th November. Sean’s tax advisory company, Comprehensive Tax Planning, specialises in advising property investors to mitigate the effects of recent tax changes that have impacted the sector – primarily section 24. He will be talking about […]

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The Government has announced that local authorities in England are to receive additional cash, to help them root out criminal landlords. Under the proposals announced on Thursday by Housing Minister Heather Wheeler, up to £2 million worth of funding will be give to Councils. The Government say that the additional funding will help to ‘ramp […]

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Television personality and founder of Landlord Action, Paul Shamplina, will address delegates at our Future Renting Wales conference this month. Paul is famous for fronting a number of hit television shows on ITV and Channel 5, including “Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords”. The founder of ‘Landlord Action’, Paul has also spent over 25 years helping landlords […]

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The Government has responded to a letter from the RLA which called for clarity over the rights that EU nationals will have to rent property both before and after the UK leaves the EU, including under a no deal Brexit. In the letter which we sent in August, we also called for: A commitment from […]

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This week’s Call of the Week is from a landlord who is new to the sector. He recently became a landlord after he inherited a property from a relative, and had made the decision that he wants to rent it out. Before doing so, this landlord wanted to make sure the property was in a […]

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The RLA has threatened Great Yarmouth Borough Council with a judicial review over serious concerns with its selective licensing plans. “Unlawful” condition Great Yarmouth Borough Council is proposing to bring rented homes in parts of the Nelson electoral ward into the scope of selective licensing. In a letter to the Council, which can be read […]

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The Government has announced that landlords in properties with an energy performance rating of F or G will be expected to pay up to £3500 from next year, in order to improve the energy efficiency rating of the the property. Since April 2018, landlords who own some of the coldest privately rented homes have been […]

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