Articles by Sally Walmsley
Benefits win a gamechanger for vulnerable tenants – and the landlords who house them
Following a tireless campaign by the NRLA Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced he will reverse the unfair freeze on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates. The association has been lobbying for change for a number of years with the call a key part of the NRLA’s submission to the Treasury ahead of this week's Autumn Statement.
NRLA talks to Master of the Rolls on court reform
NRLA CEO Ben Beadle has spoken to the leaders of the justice system to discuss vital reforms; essential if landlords are to have faith in the courts in a post-section 21 world. Ben met with the office of the Master of the Rolls – the head of Civil Justice in England and Wales – and senior Judiciary as part of his position on the possession user group, to explain what landlords need a reformed courts system to look like, and how to get there.
NRLA to give evidence on rental reform
NRLA chief executive Ben Beadle will give evidence on the impact of the Government’s Renters’ (Reform) Bill in Parliament next week. The NRLA will be giving oral evidence on Tuesday, November 14 alongside the Lettings Industry Council.
NRLA scoops top awards
NRLA Chief Executive Ben Beadle has picked up Gold in the Association Leadership Award category at this year's Association Excellence Awards.
Landlord groups lose Judicial Review
A Judicial Review into the decision to introduce a rent freeze and ban on repossessions in the private rented sector has found in favour of the Scottish Government. The case was raised by NRLA partner organisation the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) and was backed by the NRLA, which supported a Crowdfunding campaign to finance the action.
Latest NRLA podcast now available: Energy efficiency and the affordability crisis
In this episode of Listen Up Landlords, presenters NRLA Chief Executive Ben Beadle Richard Blanco look at the Government’s decision to abandon its plan to introduced a minimum EPC rating of C in rental homes and the affordability crisis hitting the sector.
Do you carry out regular property inspections - the Big Question
Do you carry out regular property inspections? The topic is the latest to come under the microscope in the NRLA's Big Question feature for members’ magazine, Property.
NRLA Autumn Statement submission: a deep dive
Ahead of next month’s Autumn Statement the NRLA has submitted its calls to the Treasury. The association is calling for positive action to increase the supply of homes and encourage investment. Eleanor Bateman, senior public affairs officer takes a deep dive into the detail.
Landlords are not the enemy
Narratives pitting landlords and tenants against each other are depressingly common, with debate about the future of the private rented sector becoming increasingly polarised. Now, in an open letter to members of the Renters Reform Coalition, the NRLA has called for an end to these supposed hostilities, calling for both groups to find common campaigning ground for the good of landlords and tenants.
Your NRLA conference in pictures
More than eight hundred landlords, agents and property professionals attended the NRLA’s sell-out national landlord conference this week. Housing Secretary Michael Gove addressed a packed auditorium at the event, answering landlord questions via livestream just a day after the Renters (Reform) Bill had its second reading.
