Is the NRLA still run for a common purpose?

Reply to the comment left by Marlena Topple at 18/11/2024 - 11:05
Speak up, stand up when nit properly represented at political level. S21 nearly abolished. Our let property will soon be sold at discounted price because no one will be interested to be landlord when s21 us abolished. STAND UP. THIS BIYS ARE ON POLITICAL SIDE NOT LANDLORD

I personally would much rather have an organisation that represents us rather than act against us. I have read numerous articles written by the NRLA and they all seem representative for the tenants and not for the landlords.

Unfortunately, the articles I have read shock me as, they all seem to be on the tenant's side and not that of the landlord’s.

This is about the first forum that I have read where the NRLA have been praised and perhaps rightly for assisting landlords in keeping up with the law, giving advice, providing landlord discounts, appropriate courses and the like.

In respect of representing landlords, I would in my opinion say that they are definitely the wrong organisation for these purposes and, would do very well in acting for tenants and their organisations such as Shelter.

I was much happier when I was just a member of the NLA as I did not have to read such infuriating comments all of which are against landlords.

I think if the NRLA did nothing and just stuck to assisting landlords in keeping up with the law, giving advice, providing landlord discounts, appropriate courses and the like it would be far better.

To sum it up, at present, we do not have a Landlord organisation that represents us. We have one that opposes Landlords.

Reply to the comment left by WD Flatau at 18/11/2024 - 10:48
Separate the services from the lobbying activity (which no sane landlord could possibly agree with...certainly not enough to sustain those activities if they were detached from the 'useful' services/forms/advice they provide).

I am generally happy with the resources provided by the NRLA and like many others here, I would rather have a reliable source for downloading legal documents and getting advice than try to figure it out on my own.

However, I do think that the one major faux-pas that the NRLA is making is pushing for the abolition of S21. I am in the process of writing a letter to them on the matter (which I am happy to share on this forum).
Landlords MUST and SHOULD have the right to get their asset back without having to give a reason, as long as they follow the correct legal process. It is called respecting the right to ownership of property - one of the pillars of a democratic society.
This principle goes way deeper than tenants and landlords rights. It's what holds our society together.

Reply to the comment left by Markella Mikkelsen at 18/11/2024 - 16:06
The NRLA have in a way forced the previous government to have no say but to want to ban Section 21 and now that the labour government have come in, they are elated as the labour government wanted the Section 21 banned all along.

Perhaps you should ask in your letter if members of the NRLA could cast a vote on this.

The NRLA, like any business, is run for the benefit of its directors and staff.

Landlords are just the mugs that pay the fees.

Reply to the comment left by Markella Mikkelsen at 18/11/2024 - 16:06
It’s not difficult to find the info that you need, online. Type the following into a search engine…

Site:gov.uk

Followed by the subject you are looking for.

For example…

Site:gov.uk Housing Act Section 8

Reply to the comment left by Jon Landlord at 18/11/2024 - 10:37Well the NRLA ain't doing too well with Article 2
( or pretty much anything else in Landlords interests. )

The NRLA does not represent professional landlords. One just has to look at the state of the industry to see how little they have done. Government does not listen to them, Shelter/Generation Rent has far more publicity than the NRLA.

Its time for a robust association that actually can make a difference.

I couldn't agree more with the above posting, they have not been fit for purpose in terms of serving the people who pay their wages we used to be able to as members access the courses etc to accrue points etc now we have to pay out ridiculous prices, I cannot think of anything that they have done that has benefited landlords all the main legislation that has been piled upon us has been discussed and then put upon us, the endless list of how financially landlords have been affected by legislation that the nrla have been on the unable to stop shows they are not fit for purpose, and it sickens me when I see them boasting on the website about being this of the year or that of the awards and dining out and flashy photos they do not represent us, the reality is unlike other organizations we cannot strike they should focus their attention 100% on getting mortgage interest relief brought back that would make a massive difference to rent not going up and supply they also need to start talking about mass immigration which is distorting the market massively, HMO properties for example have been hammered we had bedsits been charged for council tanks and yet neighbours who were in hmos were not charged for council tax identical circumstances we now find ourselves in a position where nobody in the house pays council tax not the bed sets or the self-contained flats the self-contained flats paid council tax into several months ago now we get one bill for the whole house of 200 odd pounds a month but the flats are paying no cancel tanks even though LED the legislation as I read it said self-contained flats were excluded from the new legislation on council tax that came in in December why should somebody in a flat in the house opposite pay council tax but the flat in the HMO does not pay council tax it's the depriving the local council of thousands of pounds of revenue, apologies for any mistakes I'm using microphone texting and for some reason I cannot bring up the previous sentences to check