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Last chance for Sheffield roadshow tickets

Our first Landlord Advice Roadshow is almost upon us, with the team promising an informative evening offering help and advice on everything from data protection to energy efficiency. Carrie Kus, housing law expert and RLA director will open the evening with a short talk on the General Data Protection Regulation. If, like many, the new GDPR obligations have […]

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Future Renting North: Property Expert Kate Faulkner on how to make letting a home privately stack up

Property Market Analyst Kate Faulkner is one of a range of expert speakers addressing the RLA’s Future Renting North Conference next week. Here she shares her thoughts on what are the biggest issues on the horizon regarding the future of letting in the north. The future of letting is a tough one. The huge growth in […]

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Housing benefit recipients to receive extra support when moving on to Universal Credit

Those who are in receipt of Housing Benefit will now recieve an extra two weeks support with their rent when they move on to Universal Credit. Those who are new claimants of Universal Credit and who are alreayd getting support with their housing costs will continue to receive Housing Benefit for 2 weeks after their claim […]

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RLA Chairman Alan Ward on why buy-to-let landlords are here to stay

Tax Returns Deadline 2016

Tax Returns Deadline 2016Our Future Renting North conference is less than two weeks away, and in an article originally published in lovemoney.com, RLA Chairman Alan Ward writes about why buy-to-let landlords are here to stay. It is tougher than ever to be a buy-to-let landlord these days – with a combination of draconian tax changes and increasing regulation making it […]

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RLA staff raise hundreds for Cancer Research walking 10,000 steps a day

Staff at the RLA have been putting their best feet forward, to raise money for Cancer Research. So far, more than £300 has been raised through staff being sponsored and a raffle which was held last week, with donations continuing to come in. It is in keeping with the new RLA value, of ‘going the […]

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BBC Breakfast presenter to host our Future Renting North conference

BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin has been confirmed as the host of the RLA’s Future Renting North conference in two weeks time. Louise, who has also been a main anchor of the BBC News Channel for last fifteen years, has covered the main news stories of the last decade, including the 7/7 London bombings, the […]

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Call of the Week: GDPR

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Call of the weekAs the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes closer, the LAT is fielding more and more questions regarding preparing for this. Members are rightly concerned that they are not prepared for the new changes and won’t be able to get ready in time for the May 25th deadline. GDPR will be on the agenda at […]

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Forum Spotlight: New home, same tenant. Do I carry out Right to Rent check?

A landlord posted in our Forum recently with a question about carrying out a Right to Rent check on a tenant who had been living in her property for seven months. Right to Rent is on the agenda at our Future Renting North conference in two weeks time, with the Joint Council for the Welfare […]

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HMRC publishes updated guidance on tax for landlords

Tax Returns Deadline 2016

Tax Returns Deadline 2016HMRC has published updated guidance to assist landlords who want to find out about their tax and how to work out rental income if they rent out property. The guidance, which can be accessed on the government’s website, runs through a wide range of useful information for landlords, including allowable expenses, joint ownership and record […]

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Fire safety review risks becoming a missed opportunity

THE Government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is missing the opportunity to assess fire safety regulations across all types of housing. This is the concern being expressed by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) as it formally responds to the Interim Report of the review led by Dame Judith Hackitt following the Grenfell Tower […]

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