Coronavirus and Universal Credit newsletter for landlords

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The Department for Work and Pensions has published a newsletter for private landlords covering universal credit and the coronavirus pandemic. The newsletter covers what landlords need to know about making a new claim for Universal Credit, and includes information on job centre appointments being temporarily postponed. In addition to this, updated guidance on arranging Alternative […]

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Merger complete and NRLA chair announced

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The country’s biggest landlord associations have officially merged, with a new Chair announced today. Jodi Berg OBE will head the newly created National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) formed by the merger of the National Landlords Association and Residential Landlords Association.  Jodi has spent 30 years working within the management of public and public interest bodies, […]

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#Coronavirus: Join the LandlordZONE free advice webinar tomorrow at 7.30pm

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Landlords worried about their properties, tenants and businesses during the Coronavirus crisis should join Paul Shamplina tomorrow to hear his expert opinion.

TV star and private rental market expert Paul Shamplina is to present a free webinar tomorrow at 7.30pm that will give landlords an update on the latest Coronavirus-related market and regulatory developments and offer answers to the landlords’ most pressing questions.

These will include how the
ongoing crisis is impacting renters, landlord businesses, rent collection, tenancies,
statutory duties and mortgages, all of which will be explored impartially by
Paul, who is also a brand ambassador for Hamilton Fraser and founder of
evictions specialist Landlord Action.

His webinar, which will
include a no-doubt lively Q&A session at the end, will answer the key
question preying on landlords’ minds during the crisis.

These include what to do if a
tenant asks for a rent payment holiday, how to manage your mortgage lender if
you’re in financial difficulties and where to find new tenant for a property
despite the rental market coming to an almost dead stop.

Paul will also explain the key points of interest for landlords within the Ministry of Housing’s recent guidance on the market during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Sign up for the free webinar.

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Government have created chaos in the PRS

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Private landlords in the UK have been left in dire straits not only by the coronavirus, but by the Government’s abysmal response to it. Whilst the Government has mentioned in its legislation that tenants must keep paying their rent, in its public pronouncements it has given a very different message – talking about landlords being able to get ‘mortgage holidays’ and stating landlords are expected to pass this on to tenants.

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#Coronavirus: Join the LandlordZONE free advice webinar tomorrow at 8.30pm

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Landlords worried about their properties, tenants and businesses during the Coronavirus crisis should join Paul Shamplina tomorrow to hear his expert opinion.

TV star and private rental
market expert Paul Shamplina is to present a free webinar tomorrow at 8.30pm
that will give landlords an update on the latest Coronavirus-related market and
regulatory developments and offer answers to the landlords’ most pressing
questions.

These will include how the
ongoing crisis is impacting renters, landlord businesses, rent collection, tenancies,
statutory duties and mortgages, all of which will be explored impartially by
Paul, who is also a brand ambassador for Hamilton Fraser and founder of
evictions specialist Landlord Action.

His webinar, which will
include a no-doubt lively Q&A session at the end, will answer the key
question preying on landlords’ minds during the crisis.

These include what to do if a
tenant asks for a rent payment holiday, how to manage your mortgage lender if
you’re in financial difficulties and where to find new tenant for a property
despite the rental market coming to an almost dead stop.

Paul will also explain the key points of interest for landlords within the Ministry of Housing’s recent guidance on the market during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Sign up for the free webinar.

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Liverpool says landlords won’t be off the hook after selective licensing ends today

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City’s council says it will carry on prosecutions already under way and intends to re-apply for a city-wide selective licensing scheme despite being rejected in January.

Liverpool City Council has vowed to carry on chasing rogue landlords despite the its five-year long select licensing scheme ending today.

In January the city’s application to continue its blanket select licensing scheme for another five years was turned down by the Secretary of State in a shock move that neither landlords nor the council expected.

What many had forgotten is that selective licensing is not just about holding rogue landlords to account, but also about improving areas so they become popular with a broader range of renters.

The Ministry of Housing said the rejection followed Liverpool’s failure to prove that the city suffered from ‘low housing demand’ in its renewal application. Or in other words, many parts of Liverpool are popular places to rent and own homes again.

But council leaders have now vowed to carry on prosecutions and enforcement action started before the selective licensing scheme ended, and utilise its existing statutory powers in the future.

Knocking on doors

“Where we receive a complaint we will investigate but regrettably, apart from the HMO sector, we will no longer have the capacity to do proactive work in terms of knocking on doors to check conditions,” says Lynnie Hinnigan, the council’s Deputy Mayor.

“The size of the private rented sector in Liverpool – in some areas 50% of properties – means we can’t afford to be without a landlord licensing scheme.”

The ending of the scheme offers some financial relief to the city’s 10,074 registered landlords who had expected to pay £412 for their first property and £360 for their second and subsequent properties this year.

Liverpool’s selective licensing, which includes 51,764 has generated at least £20 million for the city’s coffers since 2015. The council says it is to submit a fresh application to the Secretary of State for a new scheme.

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Tenancy ends and how to observe Covid-19 lockdown?

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My tenant has given her 1 months notice to end her unfurnished room tenancy on 30th April. The property is a 2 person flat-share in South London and she is currently in lockdown in Wales. I am in Gloucestershire.

I will offer to not charge rent from 1st May until I have vacant possession and she has removed her furniture

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Learning for Landlords in the Lockdown

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Are you bored and fed up, stuck at home during the Coronavirus lockdown?

If so – why not join our Lockdown Learning Project. Every week we will be featuring a new training course:

Some will be online video courses.

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