Has the NRLA lost its way?

Has the NRLA lost its way?

0:02 AM, 11th November 2024, About 2 days ago 15

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Hello, There is now a growing trend of professional landlords who have become disenchanted with the NRLA. Their stance on the abolition of Section 21 defies belief and no landlord would have agreed to this. Where do they get their mandate from? Who elects the Board members?

This industry has never been in such a parlous state with no one to fight our corner.

Shelter/Generation Rent speaks and the media are all over it, NRLA speaks and no one hears or listens. Is it time for a more robust, radical organisation that will force the Government to hear us?

Every industry/business has a union to represent its members, we do not, we have to put up with an association that appears to be more on the tenants’ side rather than landlords.
They may be good at supplying tenancy agreements, but as a lobbying group, they are not pushing the interests of landlords strongly enough.

It’s also worth noting that if you criticise them via social media instead of dealing with the issues they will just block you. This speaks volumes about how deaf they are to any form of change.

How long will professional landlords put up with this situation?

Thank you,

Paul


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Simon F

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17:29 PM, 11th November 2024, About 2 days ago

Up and down the country there are some absolutely superb local landlords associations very knowledgeable on national issues as well as local ones. For a national voice, and on sharing learning on things like local licencing, maybe we could create a networked alliance of our local associations ?

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17:40 PM, 11th November 2024, About 2 days ago

Anyone a member of the
https://thebla.co.uk/

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18:36 PM, 11th November 2024, About A day ago

Other than NRLA, The Guild of Residential Landlords are the only other Landlord Association which has submitted written evidence to the Committee Stage of the Renters Rights Bill.

https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3764/publications

I'm not saying NRLA is perfect, but anyone promoting any other associations need to consider why they would be better if they didn't even submit evidence to such an important process?

Simon F

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18:42 PM, 11th November 2024, About A day ago

Reply to the comment left by Boris at 11/11/2024 - 18:36
Not true. Evidence of Portsmouth and District Private Landlords Association submitted by Alwin Oliver was directly quoted in the committee stage report on why S21 needed to be retained for HMOs.

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11:43 AM, 12th November 2024, About 19 hours ago

The NRLA are a good source for information, especially for new landlords and offer good advice and I'm still a member and still recommend them to friends. but I've lost all respect for them to be someone that stands up and speaks for landlords.
Agreeing to ban S21 when they know damn well that the government is not going to reform the courts is a kick in the teeth for the very members that pay their wages.
I've been a landlord for over 30 years (although only in the last 10 years or so I've owned more than 1 rental house) and I've never had to use S21, but to loose it will be a loss and put more pressure on the courts, that can currently not manage the workload they have.
At times I wonder if the NRLA are run by Generation Rant.
When friends who have bought BTL houses ask me about them, I have always said that they are good source for information and advice and for someone new to being a landlord, it's worth joining to learn the laws and do basic training, but do not expect them to stand up for landlords against government legislation.
As previously said there are more tenants than landlords, so an easy win for whichever government is in place to bash landlords for votes, until it's too late for them and the tenants have to pay big corporate companies rent, who need to pay dividends to share holders and will without a doubt put up rents every year.

Landlords really do need an organisation that will stand up for them in Parliament. I'd be happy to join.

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