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Updated Rent Smart Wales training offered by NRLA
Landlords and letting agents across Wales can now access updatedRent Smart Wales licensing training from the NRLA’s award-winning Training Academy. Both of the NRLA’s Rent Smart Wales courses - for landlords and letting agents - have been given a high assurance rating for the quality of delivery, and have now gone through the lengthy government approval process following updates to reflect the latest legislation changes.
Budget misses opportunity to tackle rental housing supply crisis
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt missed a prime opportunity to address the supply crisis in the private rented sector in this week's budget. With supply issues continuing to have an adverse effect on the market, the NRLA believes the Government must take immediate action to prevent the gulf between supply and demand growing further, and to encourage a PRS which works in the interests of landlords and tenants alike.
One hundred days of Renting Homes Wales
Today marks one hundred days since Renting Homes (Wales) came into force, changing almost all of the housing laws in Wales. Here NRLA policy manager James Wood explains more about the new legislation and issues that the Welsh Government needs to resolve.
Budget 2023: NRLA calls for full PRS tax review
The NRLA has called for a full review of how private rented housing is taxed ahead of next week’s budget, after 30% of landlords said they were planning to sell homes.Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver the budget next Wednesday, March 15, his second as chancellor.
New How to Rent guide to be released
A new ‘How to Rent’ guide is set to be released by Government next week, the NRLA has been informed. Landlords in England are reminded they MUST serve this version at the start of any new tenancy or renewal (when a statutory period tenancy).
Welsh select committee adopts NRLA homelessness recommendations
Five key recommendations outlined by the NRLA have been included in the Welsh Government’s Levelling up, Housing and Communities Select Committee’s report on homelessness.
International Women's Day 2023: Celebrating women in property
International Women's Day 2023 takes place on 8th March. To mark this day we're pleased to share the inspiring stories of several female landlords. This article was first published in the Spring 2022 edition of award-winning NRLA magazine Property.
The Big Question: Do you allow tenants to smoke in your rentals?
Do you allow tenants to smoke in your rentals? That's the latest topic to be put under the microscope in the next "Big Question" feature in NRLA members’ magazine, Property.
MSs call for tax changes to support energy efficiency work in rented housing
The Welsh Government should consider tax incentives to support improvements to the energy efficiency of private rented housing, according to a new report from Members of the Senedd.
Rental reform on the table as Housing Secretary Michael Gove meets with NRLA
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has met with NRLA Chief Executive Ben Beadle to talk rental reform, standards and investment. In what was a major coup for the association the housing secretary invited Ben to meet him in Whitehall yesterday, just weeks after the influential Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee revealed it was adopting a number of NRLA proposals on rental reform as recommendations to Government.
