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Coronavirus and gas safety inspections

The NRLA Advice Line have received many queries related to carrying out legal duties under coronavirus restrictions. Find out how to deal with gas safety inspections during lockdown and isolation.

Call of the Week: Joint tenants parting ways

This week our advice team were able to help a member with a question they had in relation to tenants who were on a joint tenancy agreement and had recently split up.

Call of the Week: Change in tenant and joint tenancy agreements

A landlord gave our team a call this week with a question about the administration around replacing a tenant in a house share-where the tenants are currently on a joint tenancy agreement.

Call of the Week - Electrical Safety

Tenant fees ban - what can I charge for?

The Tenants Fees Act comes into force in England on Saturday. In this article first published in RLA members’ magazine Residential Property Investor, we look at the latest government guidance on the new rules.The fees ban has caused huge consternation among landlords, unsure of what they can and can’t charge for once the act comes into force, and when the changes are being implemented for new and existing tenancies.

Labour Right-to-Buy plan would kill off PRS

Labour's proposal to force landlords to sell homes to tenant at below market values would kill off the private sector.

Labour plans would devastate rented housing market

Plans for rent controls, open-ended tenancies and property MOTs could close down the PRS, the RLA has warned.

Coronavirus: Buy-to-let payment holiday and eviction ban announced

Appeal court win for NRLA

Court ruling on the case of Trecarrell v Rouncefield finally provides clarity for landlords over the use of Section 21 and gas safety certificates.

GDPR: Do I really need to register with the ICO?

Following a high number of calls from members having received conflicting advice, we gain clarification from the ICO on whether landlords need to register.