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NRLA calls for rental sector ‘reset’
A quarter of private landlords plan to cut the number of properties they let in the next 12 months. The assertion comes from the National…
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NRLA calls for end to housing benefits freeze
Vulnerable renters are facing ‘a perfect cost of living storm’, said the National Residential Landlords Association in a call on the Government to unfreeze housing…
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NRLA calls for property passports
Property passports should be introduced to help landlords prove their homes are compliant, decent and safe housing. The call came from the National Residential Landlords…
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Scrap tax on new homes to rent or pay the price, Government told
Successive governments are to blame for a chronic shortage in available rental properties, the National Residential Landlords Association has claimed. ‘Since 2015 the government has…
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NRLA highlights plight of NE renters
North East landlords are calling on the Government to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance and restore the link between benefits and costs. The move follows…
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NRLA welcomes VAT reduction
A Government commitment to scrap VAT on energy-saving materials has been welcomed by the National Residential Landlords Association. Announcement of the change, which will take…
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Axing property investment hurdles would be ‘good start’ for Wales
Introduction of rent controls in Wales would have a destructive impact on the country’s private rented sector, the National Residential Landlords Association has told the…
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Scrapping stamp duty penalty would make economic sense
Scrapping the stamp duty penalty on buying rental properties would actually make the Government more money, the National Residential Landlords Association has concluded. According to…
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Possession advice updated
Updated Government guidance has reminded landlords that court rules currently in force require them to provide additional information when making possession claims. Guidance for landlords…
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Backlash against Gove’s cladding cost exclusion for landlords
Government plans to end the unsafe cladding scandal are based on lazy and false assumptions that individual landlords are property tycoons. So says the National…
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PRS unlikely to fill homes shortfall
Almost 230,000 new private rented homes are needed each year if the UK is to meet government housing targets across the UK, claims a new…
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Welsh announcement a ‘hammer blow to landlords’
Wales has again extended its requirement that at least six month’s notice be given to tenants of rented property. The announcement was made last week…
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Tax rules making landlords think twice about investing
Tax changes over recent years have discouraged landlords from making further investment in the private rented sector, the National Residential Landlords Association has found. More…
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Dramatic fall in use of ‘section 21’
Use of the ‘section 21’ route to eviction has plummeted over the last two years, the National Residential Landlords Association has reported. The ‘no blame’…
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Local authorities failing to prosecute rogue landlords
Failure of local authorities to police the private renting and to prosecute criminal landlords is bringing the sector into disrepute and risks undermining promised reforms….
