Press releases

Government wrong to make landlords pay to replace unsafe cladding argue MP's

Ministers have proposed that landlords renting out more than one leasehold property will be excluded from its commitment that no leaseholder should have to pay for the removal of unsafe cladding following the Grenfell tragedy.

Industry News Rhianna Abrey 11/03/2022
Government wrong to make landlords pay to replace unsafe cladding argue MP's

London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year warns report

London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year to meet its housing needs, a new report has found.

Industry News Rhianna Abrey 01/03/2022
London needs almost 85,000 new private rented homes a year warns report

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.

Industry News Rhianna Abrey 01/03/2022
Clarity needed on housing Ukrainian refugees

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.

Industry News Rhianna Abrey 23/02/2022
Demand remains strong in rental market

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.

Industry News Rhianna Abrey 22/02/2022
Gove's cladding plan supports millionaire flat owners over pension savers

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.

Industry News Rhianna Abrey 18/02/2022
Landlords welcome plan to end cladding injustice

UK Needs 230,000 New Private Rented Homes a Year

The UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year to meet government housing targets across the UK, according to a new report by the economics consultancy, Capital Economics.

Industry News Rhianna Abrey 14/02/2022
UK Needs 230,000 New Private Rented Homes a Year

Majority of English local authorities failed to record private rented sector complaints, new NRLA research shows

New research published by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) reveals that a majority of local authorities in England do not accurately record the number of private rented sector tenure complaints which they receive.

Industry News Sam Hunter 09/02/2022
Majority of English local authorities failed to record private rented sector complaints, new NRLA research shows

Rental housing standards must be fit for purpose

Responding to proposals in the Government's 'Levelling Up' White Paper that private rented homes will be required to meet the Decent Homes Standard, Ben Beadle, Chief Executive of the National Residential Landlords Association said:

Industry News Rhianna Abrey 02/02/2022
Rental housing standards must be fit for purpose

Cladding removal plans ill thought out warn landlords

Government plans to rectify dangerous cladding are riddled with confusion and may cause needless delays to attempts to deal with the problem, according to the NRLA's Chief Executive Ben Beadle.

Industry News Rhianna Abrey 31/01/2022
Cladding removal plans ill thought out warn landlords