Press releases
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
Quarter of landlords hit by rent losses because of Covid
Almost one in four private landlords faced rental income losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poll reveals damage of benefit cuts to renters
Almost one in ten private landlords renting to Universal Credit claimants have experienced at least one tenant having difficulties paying their rent due to benefit cuts.
