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Campaigns update: What we are doing for you
It's been another busy week for the policy and campaigns team, representing you and your businesses at high-level meetings and events.
Ten Tips to Reduce Risks and Protect your Property in a Heatwave
With temperatures soaring to record highs, what can landlords do to reduce risks and protect their property? Steve Barnes, Associate Director at NRLA insurance partners, Total Landlord Insurance, shares his ten top tips for landlords, as we face the reality that extreme heat fuelled by climate change is making heatwaves more intense, frequent and likely.
Liverpool licensing scheme: Extension to early bird discount
A new selective licensing scheme came into force in Liverpool on 1st April 2022. All privately rented homes across sixteen wards in the city must have a licence. Landlords can still apply for the early-bird discount, which has been extended until the end of July.
The Impact of Unprotected Deposits on Evicting your Tenant and Serving a Section 21 Notice
At the NRLA we receive a lot of calls to our helpline from members who want to know the impact that an unprotected deposit can have on their tenancy, and particularly on evicting a tenant and serving a Section 21 notice. This article will draw on the combined expertise of Suzy Hershman, Head of Dispute Resolution at mydeposits, and Paul Sowerbutts, Head of Legal at Landlord Action.
Blog: A New Era in the Rental Sector is Coming
Paul Shamplina, founder of NRLA Recognised Supplier Landlord Action and Chief Commercial Officer at Hamilton Fraser, writes about rental reform following the release of the long-awaited government White Paper, 'A Fairer Private Rented Sector'.
How To Maximise Your Property and Stay Ahead of Interior Trends
Residents are demanding more from their home interiors, not settling for impersonal feeling designs. Instead, they are questioning what the design can do for them and how it will make them feel. For a landlord, this poses challenges as well as huge opportunities. NRLA partner, LOFT, gives us their insight.
Heatwave: How to deal with common household pests
Summer is here and certain household pests such as flies can be common in warmer weather. This article covers best practice advice for landlords when dealing with pests including who is responsible for sorting out the issue.
Rental Reform - A deep dive on anti-social behaviour
The NRLA is continuing to analyse potential problems within the Government's new plans on rental reform. One of the key areas of concerns is around anti-social behaviour. Being able to tackle anti-social behaviour quickly and effectively is absolutely crucial to maintaining landlord confidence in the sector. Here, NRLA policy manager James Wood takes a look at some of the issues.
Campaigns update: What we are doing for you
This week NRLA CEO Ben Beadle attended a Ministerial roundtable on rental reform with housing minister Eddie Hughes. The event was the first roundtable held since the publication of the Government's white paper on rental reform A Fairer Private Rented Sector last month.
New PM must address rental housing supply crisis
The next Prime Minister must address the supply crisis in the private rented sector if homeownership ambitions are to become a reality.
