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Your licensing update
Policy officer Samantha Watkin gives an update on all the local licensing news from your area. Local authorities are currently consulting on schemes in Bristol, Scarborough, Blackpool and Brighton and Hove.
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.
Landlords And Renters To Save On Council Tax Bills Following NRLA Campaign
Following extensive campaigning by the NRLA, the Government has confirmed that it will amend legislation to ensure all HMOs will be valued as a single property for council tax purposes.
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.
Renters (Reform) Bill second reading: NRLA secures widespread media coverage
With news that the Government has finally brought the Renters (Reform) Bill to the House of Commons for its second reading, the NRLA Communications Team has campaigned hard over the past week to ensure our members are well-represented in the UK media.
Renters (Reform) Bill Second Reading: A closer look at the debate and NRLA’s campaign successes
After significant delays to the progress of the Renters (Reform) Bill, the legislation was finally debated for the first time in the House of Commons this week. Here, we delve deeper into the Bill’s second reading and outline how the NRLA’s effective campaigning has shaped the Government’s plans to reform the sector. We also consider what changes are still needed.
Healthy Rented Sector "Critical" To Housing Market Says Housing Secretary
The Housing Secretary has argued that a healthy private rented sector is critical to the UK's housing market, during his speech at the NRLA's 2023 National Conference.
