It is now just over a week since John Healey announced savage tax hikes for landlords. Here our chief executive Ben Beadle explains what this will mean for the sector and what we are doing to challenge it.
Just five per cent of homes in the private rented sector are now affordable to benefits claimants, according to new research out this week. The data has come from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, which said the figure has fallen dramatically from the 20% of rental homes available to those in receipt of benefits just five years ago.
Student landlords and HMO landlords are facing a double whammy, with the Renters’ Rights Bill and changes to Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards bringing significant challenges. Mia Rotaru, NRLA public affairs officer, reflects on the potential impact of these policies, and invites student landlords to take part in new focus groups examining the impact of changes on your student lets.
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