Industry news
Breathing Space: New rules will give tenants a 'break' from debt
A new scheme being brought in this spring will ban banks and landlords from chasing tenants for unpaid debts, by offering them a period of time to try to find a solution to their financial problems.
Rent Smart Wales fails accountability and transparency tests
An 'accountability deficit' exists within Rent Smart Wales, the nation's registration and licensing authority for the private rented sector, according to a report published by the NRLA today.
Landlords react to extension of Wales eviction ban
The Welsh Government have announced that the suspension on eviction enforcement - due to end on 11 January - will be extended to the end of March 2021. The Welsh Government will review this every three weeks.
Eviction ban in England extended for six weeks
Responding to the Government's announcement of an extension to the ban on the enforcement of most repossessions in the rental housing market in England, Ben Beadle, Chief Executive of the National Residential Landlords Association said:
Government fails to tackle Covid rent debt crisis
The eviction ban in England has been extended for six weeks, in a move described as a 'sticking plaster' by landlords. Current restrictions were due to end on Monday. The NRLA says the move will do nothing to support landlords and tenants long term and what is needed is a comprehensive financial package, to allow tenants to continue to pay their rent without building unmanageable debt.
Ministers need to get a grip of the rent debt crisis
The National Residential Landlords Association, Big Issue and Ride Out Recession Alliance, Shelter, ARLA Propertymark, the Nationwide Building Society, and StepChange the Debt Charity have issued a statement following the re-introduction of a national lockdown.
NRLA welcomes changes to Green Homes Grants
Landlords are welcoming news the Government has changed the Green Homes Grant Scheme installer terms and conditions to overcome the challenges landlords and homeowners were facing finding an installer.
What do landlords need to know about the new lockdown?
With England plunged into a new national lockdown landlords will be relieved to know, for the moment at least, there have been no new announcements that will directly impact the PRS. However a word of warning, there are likely to be further changes in the coming weeks, so be prepared.
More than half landlords lose rental income due to Covid-19
More than half of private landlords have lost rental income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research published today. A third of landlords have also indicated that they were now more likely to either leave the market entirely or sell some of their properties.
Expert predictions as the new year approaches
It's fair to say most of us will be glad to see the back of 2020. However, a vaccine being rolled out and more on the horizon, the new year, for many, represents a new start and the hope of better things to come. While it is difficult to make predictions at any time, in the midst of a global pandemic, it's almost impossible. But with the new year just a couple of weeks away we have asked industry experts what they expect to see happen in the sector in 2021.
