Industry news
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.
Landlords welcome plan to end cladding injustice
Landlords are welcoming an amendment to new laws that would end the injustice of there being worthy and unworthy leaseholders able to access support to tackle dangerous cladding.
NRLA named Trade Association of the Year
The NRLA has been named Trade Association of the Year at the Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards 2022.The association scooped the night’s top accolade, with members’ magazine Property also named best publication at the awards ceremony.
Blog: Supporting the resettlement of arrivals from Afghanistan into the UK
NRLA policy officer Tim Thomas explains more about an online portal private landlords can use to register their properties, as part of the UK Government's Afghan Resettlement Scheme.
The Building Safety Bill - an update
Without a change of course, private landlords will be left with bills they cannot afford and work to remove dangerous cladding risks being slowed down completely.
