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Lets with pets: What you need to know
Is the risk of renting to pet owners inflated? Following the publication of a new report by Battersea Cats and Dogs Home considering the importance of pet-friendly renting, Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer, Eleanor Bateman, explores the issues.
NRLA: Budget 2024 fails to deal with PRS supply crisis
Today's budget has failed to introduce the pro-growth measures needed to help tackle the current housing crisis. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP announced a number of changes which will affect landlords, but failed to introduce bold proposals - such as changes to stamp duty and the reintroduction of mortgage interest relief - that could encourage landlords to stay in the sector and continue to invest.
Budget 2024: First Thoughts
As a prelude to the General Election, Jeremy Hunt may or may not have pulled sufficient rabbits from his hat to nudge the general public’s dial depending on their own personal politics. But what about housing. Has the Chancellor done enough to satisfy private landlords?
Landlords respond to reports of holiday lets tax raid
Responding to reports that the Chancellor is considering increasing taxes on holiday let accommodation, Chief Executive of the NRLA Ben Beadle says that the Chancellor needs to address the chronic shortage of long-term rentals by attracting new landlords to the market, and squeezing holiday lets is not the answer.
Budget must fix broken housing benefit system
Warning comes as almost a million private rented households have a gap between housing benefit payments and the rents they pay.
Budget 2024: What can we expect to see?
The Chancellor is due to deliver his Budget on 6 March 2024, less than four months after last year’s Autumn Statement. In what could be the last financial statement before a general election, Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer, Eleanor Bateman, considers what the Chancellor’s plans might include as well as what the NRLA wants to see.
Leasehold Bill: Reform plans reach the Lords
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill finished its passage through the Commons this week, with yet more amendments tabled. Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer, Eleanor Bateman, summarises the latest debate and outlines what may lie ahead.
NRLA supporting Ukrainian refugee charity
Two years on, the war in Ukraine still rages. As of January 2024, more than 141,000 Ukrainian refugees have been housed via the Homes for Ukraine resettlement scheme and the NRLA is now working with charity Reset UK to provide updated guidance for landlords that want to help.
Latest podcast: Landlord taxation and holiday lets
Landlord taxation comes under the microscope in the latest episode of NRLA podcast Listen Up Landlords. Presenters NRLA CEO Ben Beadle and Richard Blanco are joined by Stuart Adam, a senior economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, who believes that measures introduced by former Chancellor George Osborne are harming tenants by forcing rents up and should be reversed.
Government needs to get on with rental reform changes
Further to the publication of a BBC News report suggesting that the Government plans to amend the Renters (Reform) Bill shortly, the NRLA has issued a statement calling for greater clarity on any proposed changes to the legislation.
