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New electrical safety rules

New electrical safety rules

Five-year safety checks will be mandatory for landlords for all new tenancies from July 1 this year. This will be rolled out to all existing tenancies from April 2021. The new regulations were tabled today (MON), requiring pre-tenancy and five yearly checks of all fixed appliances and wiring. Landlords failing to comply with the new rules will face fines of up to £30,000.

Labour Right-to-Buy plan would kill off PRS

Labour Right-to-Buy plan would kill off PRS

Labour's proposal to force landlords to sell homes to tenant at below market values would kill off the private sector.

Labour plans would devastate rented housing market

Labour plans would devastate rented housing market

Coronavirus: Buy-to-let payment holiday and eviction ban announced

Coronavirus: Buy-to-let payment holiday and eviction ban announced

Appeal court win for NRLA

Appeal court win for NRLA

Year long contracts to be made mandatory by the Welsh Government

Year long contracts to be made mandatory by the Welsh Government

Landlords would pay for tenants council tax under new labour plan

Landlords would pay for tenants council tax under new labour plan

Appeal court win for NRLA

Forum Spotlight: Are wasps nests a landlords or a tenants responsibility to remove?

Forum Spotlight: Are wasps nests a landlords or a tenants responsibility to remove?

Making Tax Digital roll out announced, but is the timing right?

Making Tax Digital roll out announced, but is the timing right?

Landlords welcome calls for benefit boost for tenants

Landlords welcome calls for benefit boost for tenants

Landlords urged to back legal case protecting their repossession rights in rent arrears cases

Landlords urged to back legal case protecting their repossession rights in rent arrears cases

Landlords call for package to support tenants hit by coronavirus

Landlords call for package to support tenants hit by coronavirus

All change: Five new pieces of legislation to hit landlords in 2020

All change: Five new pieces of legislation to hit landlords in 2020

Flats without cladding will no longer need EWS1 checks

Flats without cladding will no longer need EWS1 checks

Black Friday: The best deals for landlords

Black Friday: The best deals for landlords