Industry news
Budget fails to tackle housing crisis
Following its delivery by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP in the House of Commons earlier today, the National Residential Landlords Association has responded to the key aspects of the 2024 Budget.
Landlords respond to reports of holiday lets tax raid
Responding to reports that the Chancellor is considering increasing taxes on holiday let accommodation, Chief Executive of the NRLA Ben Beadle says that the Chancellor needs to address the chronic shortage of long-term rentals by attracting new landlords to the market, and squeezing holiday lets is not the answer.
Budget must fix broken housing benefit system
Warning comes as almost a million private rented households have a gap between housing benefit payments and the rents they pay.
Budget must fix broken housing benefit system
Warning comes as almost a million private rented households have a gap between housing benefit payments and the rents they pay.
Budget 2024: What can we expect to see?
The Chancellor is due to deliver his Budget on 6 March 2024, less than four months after last year’s Autumn Statement. In what could be the last financial statement before a general election, Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer, Eleanor Bateman, considers what the Chancellor’s plans might include as well as what the NRLA wants to see.
Government needs to get on with rental reform changes
Further to the publication of a BBC News report suggesting that the Government plans to amend the Renters (Reform) Bill shortly, the NRLA has issued a statement calling for greater clarity on any proposed changes to the legislation.
Leasehold Bill: Reform plans reach the Lords
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill finished its passage through the Commons this week, with yet more amendments tabled. Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer, Eleanor Bateman, summarises the latest debate and outlines what may lie ahead.
NRLA supporting Ukrainian refugee charity
Two years on, the war in Ukraine still rages. As of January 2024, more than 141,000 Ukrainian refugees have been housed via the Homes for Ukraine resettlement scheme and the NRLA is now working with charity Reset UK to provide updated guidance for landlords that want to help.
Latest podcast: Landlord taxation and holiday lets
Landlord taxation comes under the microscope in the latest episode of NRLA podcast Listen Up Landlords. Presenters NRLA CEO Ben Beadle and Richard Blanco are joined by Stuart Adam, a senior economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, who believes that measures introduced by former Chancellor George Osborne are harming tenants by forcing rents up and should be reversed.
Government needs to get on with rental reform changes
Further to the publication of a BBC News report suggesting that the Government plans to amend the Renters (Reform) Bill shortly, the NRLA has issued a statement calling for greater clarity on any proposed changes to the legislation.
