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Fire Safety: What you can expect
Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 there is renewed vigour to improve standards, particularly relating to fire safety. While initially focused on high-rise blocks, increasing attention is moving to other types of properties, and it is important landlords are aware of the changes coming down the line.
Report Shows Need for Reform of Housing Benefit System says NRLA
Following the publication of a new report by the University of York on the supply of private rented housing to tenants in receipt of benefits, we issued a statement responding to the findings which emerged from this research.
New NRLA report shows continued fall in pandemic possession claims
A continued fall in landlord possession claims took place between April 2020 and March 2021, according to new research produced by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA).
The wait of justice 2021: how covid legislation affected possession
In this special report, senior policy officer James Wood examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on landlords, tenants and the already stretched legal system and explores potential solutions to the ongoing challenges as emergency restriction are lifted.
NRLA ramps up pressure for financial support
The NRLA is maintaining pressure on the Government to provide financial support for the private rented sector due to the impact of Covid-19, with our work making national headlines this week.
Welsh Government must take steps to resolve mounting rent arrears crisis
Yesterday the Welsh Government used its emergency Coronavirus powers to delay by three months the end of its legal requirement for landlords to give six months' notice before initiating eviction proceedings. We provided a response setting out our views on this latest development.
New extension to emergency right to measures
Emergency right to rent measures introduced to minimise face-to-face contact will now be in place until the end of August the Government has announced. Adjusted checks were introduced in March last year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and were originally due to end on June 20.
The Welsh Enforcement Index: The Persistence of Inconsistency
In late 2020, the NRLA (National Residential Landlords Association) Research Observatory began to collect data and evidence on how enforcement powers available to Welsh local authorities were being deployed in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is intended to be a follow-up to the recent review of Rent Smart Wales by the NRLA. The focus of this study was slanted towards mandatory and discretionary licensing, and the efficient, effective and economic enforcement of existing regulations.
Call of the Week: Change of tenant in HMO
This week we helped one of our members with a query relating to changing tenants part way through the fixed term of an agreement.
Landlords Made Scapegoats for COVID Rent Debt Crisis
The Chancellor is making landlords the scapegoats for the COVID rent debt crisis as he turns his back on the support the sector needs, says the body representing private sector landlords.
