Ben Beadle supports abolition of Section 21 but calls for urgent court reforms
2 years ago | 95 comments
Has the NRLA lost its way?
12:02 AM, 11th November 2024, 1 year ago
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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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Member Since February 2021 - Comments: 106
10:54 AM, 11th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Yup NRLA are a now a gov quango
Simple
Member Since June 2013 - Comments: 238 - Articles: 49
10:56 AM, 11th November 2024, About 1 year ago
I think their reasoning behind not challenging the removal of section 21 is that all political parties (except maybe Reform) have committed to this. So, there is no point in challenging it.
If they continue to challenge this point, it would be a waste of effort and could negatively affect their relationship with the government and any influence they might otherwise have had.
So they have decided (I assume) that instead it would be better to work with the government to make the transition as landlord-friendly as they can.
Which seems a sensible point of view to take. Others no doubt disagree!
Member Since November 2022 - Comments: 7
11:03 AM, 11th November 2024, About 1 year ago
I went to a meeting once where their beloved leader was not that careful with his language and therefore, I deemed it unprofessional and why should I join an organisation like that. I’ve watched since and quite honestly they are just a dog without teeth, bark all you like but then accept the biscuit. They are not giving you anything you can’t get from anywhere else.
Member Since June 2014 - Comments: 1564
11:06 AM, 11th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Tessa Shepperson at 11/11/2024 – 10:56
“Others no doubt disagree!”
Landlords disagree and that is who they are supposed to be representing.
Member Since October 2022 - Comments: 58
11:12 AM, 11th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Tessa Shepperson at 11/11/2024 – 10:56
I completely disagree Tessa. You state all parties are in agreement. The conservatives may soon actually be Conservatives with a Capital C and may well pivot as they may see how they have taken the wrong track over the past years. Reform, who’s presence is increasing, as far as I am aware are not supportive. The role of the NRLA is to lobby for their members, this doesn’t give them carte blanche to determine their lobbying tactics. By extension, one could say that any notion supported by all parties is not worth arguing. Of course it is. The vociferous voices of the left get them what they want – the right need to do the same.
Member Since November 2022 - Comments: 65 - Articles: 1
11:20 AM, 11th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Tessa Shepperson at 11/11/2024 – 10:56
I understand that politics is a game of give and take, but giving up on S21 without fighting harder for the alternatives to be more robust and efficient isn’t seen as a fair exchange to most Landlords.
I’m sure most decent LLs wouldn’t be bothered by the loss of S21, if S8 could actually be served, and actioned, within the prescribed timescales.
Member Since August 2015 - Comments: 226
11:22 AM, 11th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Every since the RLA merged with the former Southern Landlords the organisations liberalism has become predominant. If it represents the interests of its members is now questionable. Political policies by government and pressure groups need challenging with the realities of being a landlord rather than political liberalism being the accepted norm,
Member Since January 2017 - Comments: 113
11:54 AM, 11th November 2024, About 1 year ago
The point is, they have no influence.
I’d rather see them stop pretending they do have and actually build an organisation that stands up for landlords.
Maybe if they took this route they would build membership numbers to a size where they could not be ignored.
New board needed who act for members rather than for themselves.
140 staff employed achieving very little.
Member Since May 2014 - Comments: 51
11:58 AM, 11th November 2024, About 1 year ago
YES
Member Since May 2023 - Comments: 25
3:53 PM, 11th November 2024, About 1 year ago
Ah, it’s 1999 all over again.
I withdrew the SLA from the NFRL as it was then.
The NFRL (National Federation of Residential Landlords) spent lots of cash on no hope Housing Benefit legal challenges.
We won one of the 6 cases.
The DSS (Now the DWP) changed the rules the next day to make our victory a truly pyric one.
Sadly now anyone with a computer can type anything and demonstrate that they have learned nothing from History.
We could squander our limited resources on Court actions.
The civil servants will obey their political masters.
Most landlords live in an echo chamber listening to nobody.
These are the very people who when asked to dip into their resources shuffle away.
Running an organisation of this size and complexity means ” You can’t please all of the people all of the all of the time.”
Believe me I did it from 1999 to 2003.
The NRLA is bigger now but the problems and differences have not changed.
Landlords are seen as multi millionaires, lighting their cigars with £20 notes.
To quote Robbie Burns:
“What a gift the good Lord gives us.
To see ourselves as others see us.”
There are 4 million tenants against under 2 million landlords.
Who do you think any populist Government will back?
No rich landlords that is for sure.
John Socha
Retired Chairman
Small Landlords Association
National Landlords Association
Now NRLA.
Do not waste you time on rebuttal.
To keep my sanity I ignore what is written on the back of the toilet door / internet.