Articles by Sally Walmsley
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.
Huge win for NRLA as Government announces fundamental changes to Renters Reform plans
The Government has today confirmed it will NOT axe section 21 ‘no fault’ repossessions until improvements have been made to the courts, following extensive lobbying by the NRLA.
NRLA announces AGM date
The NRLA will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, November 7.
Autumn Statement: Full tax review vital for future of the PRS
Ahead of next month’s Autumn Statement the NRLA has submitted its calls to the Treasury. With the gap between supply and demand growing ever wider, the association is calling for positive action to increase the supply of homes and encourage investment to help tenants access the homes they so desperately need.
NRLA reaches national award finals – how to cast your vote
The NRLA has reached the finals in three categories of the national Landlord Investment Show (LIS) Awards – and we need your help to get us over the finish line.
NRLA to host housing panel at Labour Party Conference
The NRLA will be at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool next week, hosting a fringe event focusing on the importance of a robust and high quality private rented sector. The event, ‘Winning People Back: How Can We Provide Housing That Meets the Public's Aspirations?’, will be held on Tuesday, October 10.
