Course of the Month: Principles of HMO’s
Are you a landlord considering letting out your first property as a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO)? Or perhaps you have several HMO’s and would like an update on the law? Our training course of the month, Principles of HMO’s, has got you covered, and for the month of June you can complete this training […]
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Military personnel who rent their homes out whilst stationed away are being hit by the Government’s tax hikes on private rented housing. A new report out today by the Royal United Services Institute said 59 per cent of married members of the armed services own their own home and for those who rent this out […]
When renting to students or a group of friends living in a HMO, it is common for the landlord to issue a joint tenancy agreement. This week’s Forum Spotlight looks at a question by a landlord, over what to do about a student that wanted to leave a contract, and was being challenging. The situation […]
Landlords and homeowners in Wales who are thinking of carrying out major works to their properties will now have to visit a new website in order to submit a planning application to the council. The new ‘Planning Applications Wales’ website goes live on Wednesday, and it will be the portal for submitting planning applications or associated consents […]
Questions about ending tenancies are pretty common for our Landlord Advice Team. This week, a landlord used our live chat service, which launched last year, to ask a question about a tenant who wished to end the tenancy early. Both the landlord and the tenant were in agreement that they wanted to end the tenancy […]
The Government has responded to an e-petition calling for the re-introduction of full mortgage interest relief and the abolition the 3% stamp duty surcharge. Currently the e-petition: Reintroduce full mortgage interest relief and drop the 3% stamp duty surcharge has attracted 14,034 signatures. The RLA is supporting the petition – which runs until November this […]
The RLA has called for guaranteed long-term funding of housing enforcement in its response to a consultation to a draft PRS enforcement policy in North Kesteven The response explains that councils will be able to plan, and take effective action against those who exploit tenants through dangerous properties, if guaranteed long term funding of housing enforcement […]
With new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force today, phone calls about the new regulations are continuing to flood in to the RLA’s Landlord Advice Team, with landlords making sure that they are doing what they can in order to be compliant. What are people calling about? Rupinder Aujla, Landlord Advice Team Manager said: “It’s […]
MPs yesterday debated, and approved without a vote, the Tenant Fees Bill at second reading. Opening the debate, the Housing Secretary, James Brokenshire MP, summed up the Bill, which he said takes forward ‘essential measures to promote fairness in the private lettings market’. He said: “It is a Bill that we should all welcome. “The Bill will make […]