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Blog: Wales legislative update
With Renting Homes Wales set to come into force from July 15 2022, the Welsh Government is busy producing the additional legislation and materials required to implement the Act. Alongside this, the Welsh Government has taken steps to increase council tax on second homes and holiday lets, as well as inviting the NRLA to provide evidence on second homes at the Local Government and Housing Committee. Policy Manager James Wood explains more.
Government wrong to make landlords pay to replace unsafe cladding argue MP's
Ministers have proposed that landlords renting out more than one leasehold property will be excluded from its commitment that no leaseholder should have to pay for the removal of unsafe cladding following the Grenfell tragedy.
NRLA quizzes housing minister
Rental reform, landlord registration and cladding were on the agenda this week as NRLA chief executive Ben Beadle quizzed Eddie Hughes, the Minister for the Private Rented Sector on plans for the market.
Cladding- Government open to discussion about support for private landlords
This week, Lord Naseby raised an amendment to the Building Safety Bill which would ensure all individual landlords renting out leasehold properties would be included in the Government's plans that no leaseholders should pay to remediate unsafe cladding. NRLA deputy director of campaigns and policy Meera Chindooroy writes about what landlords need to know.
New extension to temporary Right to Rent rules
The Government has announced that temporary changes to Right to Rent checks, first introduced to minimise face-to-face contact, will remain in place until the end of September 2022.
London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year warns report
London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs, a new report has found.
Clarity needed on housing Ukrainian refugees
Following the Home Secretary's announcement of additional measures to assist Ukrainian refugees, the NRLA calls on the Government to provide landlords with additional guidance on how they can flag the availability of properties which can house individuals or families fleeing the Ukraine confict.
Demand remains strong in rental market
Demand for private rented housing remained strong at the end of 2021, according to new data released today by the National Residential Landlords Association.
Gove's cladding plan supports millionaire flat owners over pension savers
Government plans to end the cladding scandal are based on lazy and false assumptions that individual landlords are property tycoons.
Prime Minister's policy team in talks with NRLA
Boris Johnson's policy team has held talks with the NRLA on its proposals for reform of the private rented sector. Johnson's team questioned the NRLA on proposals for a National Register of Landlords, a move the association believes is unnecessary and would create yet more red tape.
