The National Residential Landlords Association is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill “as a matter of urgency”.
The statement - which is endorsed by the Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain, Build To Rent giant Grainger, and the British Property Federation, underlines how crucial it is for the newly-elected administration to make reform of the rental market a key priority following the vote.
A statement from the NRLA says this “follows widespread campaigning by the NRLA in the run-up to the General Election, where we have sought to highlight issues which we feel the UK’s major political parties must take into account.”
The statement continues: “Renters, landlords and letting agents have faced five years of uncertainty over plans to end Section 21 ‘no fault’ repossessions. With all the main parties’ manifestos committed to delivering rental reform, it’s time to bring the issue to a conclusion. Only this approach will enable the sector to look forward and unlock the investment in new housing that renters desperately need and deserve.
“The Renters Reform Bill to end Section 21 was well on its way through Parliament before the election with broad support, and Labour has said it could have ‘happily’ agreed it in the ‘wash up’ period.
“The best way for the next government to achieve their objectives would be to resurrect this Bill as a matter of urgency.”
Last week the Shadow Housing Minister, Matthew Pennycook - who is tipped to retain that role if Labour forms the government - told Sky News: “We took the Bill through Parliament. We took it right to the end, got to the wash up, we said to the government we would happily pass this. It’s not perfect, we wanted to see it strengthened, but renters are so desperately in need of greater rights and protections we will see it through.”
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I think the biggest thing that needs bringing to a conclusion is the existence of the anti-landlord organisation called the NRLA. Talk about 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩 on your own members.
Why do they still have any members? Without funding through members they cannot exist.
Deborah, a lot aren't interested in campaigning. I have a high flying friend consistently 'liking' the NRLA on Facebook. Another with 6 properties and only concentrates on it meaning the rents going up so even better! She's a lamb to the slaughter...
Deborah - if you have to apply for a selective license for your BTL, then you typically get a discount for being a member of NRLA. That discount being higher than the cost of NRLA membership.
So as much as you might hate what the NRLA stands for, a lot of landlords will hold their nose and renew because of the short term financial gain (and ignore the long term non-financial pain).
It's bonkers, it's a racket, it's the way all aspects of modern day Britain seems to work!
Renter Reform Bill and Removal of Section 21 is the root cause of the Housing Crisis of which NRLA are guilty of not representing their members and have done so much damage to Renters.
They are now showing their true colours in collusion with the big boys, they are working for them.
Michael, just watch Gove turn up next week as a director of some developer specialising in BTR.
Bungling Boy Beadle must go. He does not represent Residential Landlords any more. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
The whole NLA board are culpable and should be booted out.
From Companies House it appears he worked for the DPS. I think he's a mole who set out to destroy the PRS.
The courts need to be sorted out first. Not fair to keep landlords waiting years for s.8 evictions
Sec 8 evictions will be a hugely expensive and a very poor alternative to Sec 21.
Why do NRLA and the government not realize they have nothing to do with private landlords and let us do business as we want to do it? If potential tenants don't like our offer, they will not take it. It's a simple free market. Amen.
The trouble is the lack of housing. Tenants don’t have a choice. Landlords are seen to have too much power.
Of course some of the older generations who have lived through world wars etc would just suck it up. Would not like they don’t have a choice, but accept it. In the Wild West you would throw the tenant out, and come with your gun. My friend (now ex landlord) is married to a Russian. Apparently you can just turn up and say ‘get out’ to the tenant.
But we are the 5th richest country in the world? In these namby pamby times when transexuals have more rights than those who aren’t, and ex-men (who are still biologically men) can do sports with women, children identifying as cats and dinasours, all these lazy people of benefits with anxiety and depression, Just Stop Oil sitting on motorways and not being moved, boat people freely coming to the UK for a life of 4 star full board fully funded benefit life (they don’t get that at home in their dust bowl), rent freezes and eviction bans going on, then who are you to think that you can go and buy a property with your own money and be able to have any control over it? It’s all about the ‘underdog’ now.
For a second I wondered why Ben Bungle doesn't just go and join Shelter and be done with it and then I remembered he would not be able to line his pockets with NRLA membership fees and selling his “educational Landlord courses”. Has anyone else noticed the number of posts on Property 118 and similar sites where a supposed “newby” to renting asks where they can go for advice and then a plethora of replies appear extolling the virtues of the NRLA????? I do wonder if these are a marketing ploy. So now when any such thread appears I add a comment about how NRLA are working against Landlords and that there are many far better local LL assocs or people line IHoWZ who actually fight for LLs. Usually the thread shuts down pretty quickly!!!! Perhaps we should all do this and if this is the marketing ploy I suspect it will stop it dead in its tracks and do Mr Beadle et al some damage to their wallets plus educate a few re NRLA on the way????
We should all be joining iHowz on mass
I had not clocked iHowz. I just looked at their website and they have some innovative ideas. Why are we not hearing about them on here?
First time I have heard of them, will give it a look. My subscription to NRLA finishes on Friday.
Wish I would have known this just renewed with NRLA I do get a discount on their building insurance and I do enjoy their forum, they also have a decent legal service. Times are hard and £99 is a lot to pay, especially not fighting our corner.
Not all main parties, ‘Reform’ want to scrap the Renters Reform Bill.
Why? Because tenants want security of tenure, not a periodic, month by month rolling contract.
Tenants are happy to give 1 months notice & leave. Changing the notice period to 2-4 months will mean landlords will charge Tenants re-letting costs for breach of contract.
Homeowners want to fix their monthly payments to 2yr -5yr fixed terms. How many want a SVR? Like the Government are asking tenants to have. Tenants want the complete opposite. Only yesterday, my tenant wanted a 3 yr fixed agreement, with fixed rent. My mortgage is a fixed rate so happy days all round.
This renters bill, is the biggest mistake anyone has come up with.
Oh and this is endorsed by Roman Leaders! Well another dreadful organisation on top of NRLA, why does anyone think they represent LLs?
We don’t want to be going to Courts at all we are running a Business's,
What other Business has to go to Court as part or their model of operations they wouldn’t last very long.
Section 21 ensured this was the case for decades relatively speaking considering the huge number of Tenants we House.
We didn’t have to use it in the main because it was there, the Tenants knew it was there and we could do something about it.
The Huge number of Tenants that fraudulently used it to jump the Housing Queue and get Housed is never mentioned on here and probably the main reason the Councils want rid of it.
It’s the Threat of Removing it as part of the Renters Reform Bill that clogged up the Courts in just recent years.
Prove me wrong I invite you if anyone is capable of telling the truth anymore.
Time for the self appointed NRLA CEO to go, I’am 18 years a Member I was never asked to vote.
A very dark day NLA was hijacked RLA and kept their own people in place and getting rid of Richard Lambert and David Salusbury (RIP) who were brilliant.
Great first line Michael, this is the approach that is being put to us.
I just see no end to this continuous Landlord bashing. I have enjoyed being a Landlord and have provided first class accommodation.
For the first time I am thinking of chucking the towel in completely. Enough is enough, NRLA are not fit for purpose!
I see beadle is campaigning for his role in the new government early by backing tenants again 🙄
The current system works perfectly the owner of the asset / capital gets to say how why when and who that resource is allocated to.
Once the renters reform bill is enshrined in law investing in property will be akin to buying someone you don’t even know a house.
The Renters reform bill is going to destroy the private rented sector and the NRLA should be advising and lobbying the government of the consequences of this bill.
But instead they are literally campaigning for the end of the private rented sector, they have been asleep at the wheel during the whole 8 year Tory demolition/onslaught of the housing PRS.
They have failed us on
Section 24 & Wear and tear allowance & additional stamp duty surcharge
& Tenant admin fees & Deposit scheme’s they are the epitome of failure.
NRLA is definitely working for the Corporates as I have always suspected. How dare NRLA purport to represent all landlords.
The recent comment about the Renter's Reform Bill caught my attention, as I initially mistook it for the "Generation Rent" discussion.
Landlords are actively seeking to mitigate the excessive tax implications, legislations, and regulations that have been imposed on us. We do not require or desire the implementation of the Renter's Reform Bill.
The NRLA should take a proper poll of their members to determine whether they back the RRB. I suggest they might be in for a shock. Section 21 is what separates controlling ones property or losing it.
Yep in a nut shell Tim
Tim:
‘S21 is what separates controlling ones property or losing it’
Says it all. Great post.
What the NRLA is supporting, is akin to the NSPCC supporting the re- introduction of the belt, slipper or cain in schools 😱.
i had the slipper across my backside many times at school never done me any harm
I used to get the slipper too. But hardly ever as I was a good boy.
And this is why l am no longer a member of the controlled opposition known as the NRLA.
The Rental reform bill has cause a rental crisis.
75% of private landlords have sold up.
Result is high rents and no quality properties to rent any more.
Loss of section 24 and 21 will destroy the private rental market.
Was that the plan ???
Before demanding a new government brings back the Renters Reform Bill NRLA really should have given its members the chance to vote. I'm really questioning why I should have to vote by cancelling my membership.
Landlords to NRLA:
“Et tu, Brutus?”
Honestly - those of us that are still members - Why?
Only because their tenancy agreements etc are good and the helpline is quite useful too. I am also a member of 2 local landlords associations, they have cheaper annual fees but when I had an issue I contacted all 3, and the best advice I got was from the NRLA.
Well said Nick.!
Anyone who wants to commentate on the PRS in public life (Government, NRLA, the media etc) should be asked to confirm what their understanding of basic economics, supply and demand is.
They can try and over-regulate and over-tax the sector all they like, but until they resolve the supply or demand conundrum, nothing will work.
Landlords lose the investment opportunity, but we are resourceful and will find something else to do with the cash. Tenants lose available homes - there is no answer to that, other than tents perhaps.
Sad times
Good point. So many people pontificating about things they clearly don't understand, social media has made this much much worse. I've seen people saying S21 has already been banned, and all sorts of other nonsense on landlord forums.
Just as I thought, Leaders are never on the side of the landlord apart from taking their money. Best thing I ever did was serving them notice. There should be a Section 21 for landlords to use to serve Letting Agents notice.
I'm a really fair landlord, all this negativity will push the good landlords away, tenants should know this, but sadly no one cares enough to tell them.
Catherine
LRG are on the side of LRG and nobody else.
When I advertise my Bristol property - NOT WITH THEM - I get letter after letter teling me how good they are, despite me asking them to stop. IN the end I had to be very rude on their letters and send them back so they paidf the postage. That stopped them.
Never heard him called Ben Bungle before, but perhaps he is worthy of the name, never heard a turkey demand that Christmas is reinstated ASAP just after it got cancelled. Im not sure he understands either now, this Bill will be the death nail of the PRS yet he believes it will unlock new investment??
OH dear Mr Michael Gove what have you done, you had plenty of warnings from me and others but still you persisted with the Renters Reform Bill including the Removal of Section 21.
Well the chickens have come home to roost you have your answer you have single handed brought down the Conservative Government, well done when are you joining Labour
I voted Reform mainly due to my hatred of Gove 👍 why dummie Sunak bought him back I don’t know 🤷♂️
Theresa May and Boris introduced the Renter Reform Bill and Removal of Section 21 in 2019. I’m thankful to Sunak as he helped LL’s by managing to keep it all at bay, but with the probability of Starmer getting in we all know this will have a significant impact on our financial status, especially if Raynor gets stuck into it all!
Reforms overlook the challenges faced by responsible landlords who strive to provide decent housing for tenants, while managing our own livelihoods.
It’s crucial that policymakers consider the perspectives of all stakeholders involved in the rental market to ensure a fair and balanced legislation.
If only we could have adequate representation in Parliament to advocate for amendments that safe guard the interests of landlords not just the tenants!
It is so very shortsighted of the government to actually believe that these new legislations will be assisting tenants long-term. In actual fact all they have done so far is create a major housing crisis, with landlords selling up it’s created a shortage of rental properties, and driven the rental prices up.
There’s been:
1. Changes of Mortgage Interest Relief
2. MEES to be introduced in 2025
3. Possible CGT changes
4. Selective Licensing for LL’s
5. HMO - Changes due
6. Rent freezes due
How much more will they throw at the PRS market before it is completely destroyed - or is that the point so larger corporations can take over?
Bojo sacked Gove. Truss installed Clarke who was good. Then Sunak bought back Gove. So I think he's messed up there and not kept things at bay.
Zoe,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I understand your concerns regarding the current political landscape and its impact on landlords.
I want to emphasise that any actions taken by Labour, including those proposed by Starmer and Rayner, may ultimately be to their own detriment. If any party continues to exacerbate the exploitation and abuse of landlords, we are likely to see a significant increase in homelessness. More landlords may decide to leave the Private Rented Sector (PRS) for good, which would further strain the housing market.
If Starmer and Rayner believe they can proceed with their plans by using landlords as a scapegoat, they may find their term to be short-lived, similar to the brief tenure of Liz Truss. This approach could result in a significant backlash, potentially preventing Labour from securing another term for many years to come.
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