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NLA say “Private landlords invested £20bn in property to provide much needed housing”

07 July, 20140 Comments
“Speaking to a seminar of local government housing professionals at the New Local Government Network considering how local authorities can influence the PRS, chief executive officer Richard Lambert, COE of National Landlords Association, challenged local authorities over the quality of the research that underpinned their policies. He said that too often council policy documents betrayed
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Rogue landlords and the review of property conditions in the private rented sector

19 February, 20140 Comments
Rogue landlords are very much in the news nowadays – even if you’re not remotely interested in the PRS, you can’t get far without hearing about landlords illegally housing their tenants in sheds, and worse.  There are plenty of schemes (existing and proposed) – mainly run by local authorities – to deal with them –
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Data gathering puts UK on course for national rent cap.

18 July, 20124 Comments
Today we would like to ask the government this: Can you categorically rule out a national rent cap? [ UPDATE ] So now we ask the question: How will you bridge the gap between an improving economy and rising rents VS a lack of housing stock and capped benefits? ? ? Original blog: At Landlord
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The Evolution of Lifestyle Network Referencing.

22 June, 20120 Comments
As we prepare for our 6th landlord / property exhibition of 2012 we thought it would be interesting to take a look at how Landlord Referencing Services has evolved over the past two years. Our story begins in April 2010, following the companies founder being stabbed in the head by a drug dealing tenant; vowing
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Tougher action to tackle troubled families.

11 June, 20126 Comments
Over the weekend Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has called for tougher action on troubled families – aiming to ‘turn around’ 120,000 troubled families nationally by the end of this Parliament, cut crime & unemployment significantly and also cut the cost to tax payers. The Communities Secretary said: ‘Sometimes when
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Universal Credit Explained in full.

06 June, 201233 Comments
Universal Credit will go live in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire region six months before the national roll-out. The Pathfinder will take place in Tameside, Oldham, Wigan and Warrington from April 2013 before Universal Credit is rolled out across the country in October 2013. [UPDATE] Universal Credit pilots scaled back Up to 1,500 new claimants
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