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Financial support extended for those in Kent with Covid-related arrears
A financial support scheme introduced in Kent to help renters and homeowners facing arrears due to the pandemic has been extended.
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.
Blog: Damaged mattresses: Whose responsibility are they at the end of a tenancy?
There's a frequent, albeit slightly unpleasant, question that landlords commonly ask at the end of tenancy: 'Whose responsibility is a damaged mattress and what's considered fair wear and tear or damage?' In this blog the team at TDS tells you all you need to know.
Mediation can help you retain a long-standing tenant
Mike Morgan, Legal Division Manager at Hamilton Fraser discusses the ways in which mediation can help should you encounter difficulties with a long standing tenancy.
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.
The Tenant Survey: Energy Efficiency in the PRS
The NRLA regularly commissions the market research company Dynata to conduct a survey of 2,048 private rented sector tenants. This tenant survey asks questions about the tenants themselves, the properties they rent and their experiences and opinions of said properties. This blog looks at the selection of energy efficiency questions that tenants were asked.
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.
YouGov landlord survey - landlords take a hit
In December 2021 YouGov undertook an online survey of landlords. The survey is not of NRLA members but of the wider private landlord community (about 10% of all those surveyed were NRLA members). The survey identifies how landlords have responded to the challenges of the last few years, and the confidence with which they are looking to the future.
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.
