New Landlord Association seeking pledges
Update: Please now email your pledges to [email protected]
For the past 18 months, I have mulled over the idea of setting up a new National Landlords association. I won’t bore readers to death explaining why. We all know how frustrated and sickened the community is with the other main associations failing to aggressively fight our corner and instead assist the councils implementing their rotten Selective licensing schemes. Enough is enough.
We could talk forever, but it is now time for action. I have held off taking this leap in the hope that somebody else would take up the baton. I completely understand the reluctance of anybody to get involved. Mark summed it up. A most time consuming venture.
As things stand now, the show is almost ready for the road.
I have set up the National Landlords Alliance. Before I go any further if the National Landlords Association wish to take issue with the National Landlords alliance, I say bring it on. Do it now.
Moving on Banking facilities are in place. I am prepared to act as CEO without salary initially to get the organisation up and running. The organisation will operate out of offices supplied by me on a rent free basis, until profitability can be achieved.
I have a PR/Secretary lined up who will join us subject to salary discussions. She has experience in the industry as well as a journalism degree and lobbying experience.
Following extensive negotiations over several weeks I have got agreement from the former National Chair of the FSB to also join us. Mr Allan has extensive lobbying experience including vast experience gained from negotiating with the former PM Cameron and Osborne, as well as dealing with the devolved Governments of Scotland ,Wales and NI. This would complete the team initially.
I also have organised a preferred solicitor to assist members. The individual I have in mind is a former local authority prosecutor.
We will not be selling courses or cheap smoke detectors. We will absolutely never assist councils implementing any scheme to the detriment of landlords. As regards document downloads, they are available from other sources.
We will be 100% focused on aggressively fighting the Landlords corner.
The fee to join would be £100 pa.
At this stage all I seek is pledges.
If the figures are right we are good to go. A word of caution however,and I don’t mean to insult regular contributors, but at this stage our biggest enemy is Apathy.
If we can get the pledges ie a min of 1000 members we have a new organisation.
The NATIONAL LANDLORDS ALLIANCE LTD.
Larry Sweeney
Update: Please now email your pledges to [email protected]
With everyone on board we will hopefully move rapidly to collating the membership required with everyone’s help
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Member Since September 2013 - Comments: 474
9:18 AM, 28th September 2018, About 8 years ago
I’m in.
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11:06 AM, 28th September 2018, About 8 years ago
I’m in
Member Since December 2014 - Comments: 26
12:33 PM, 28th September 2018, About 8 years ago
Hi yes I will join fed up with the other organisations who do not help us.
Member Since January 2018 - Comments: 21
12:35 PM, 28th September 2018, About 8 years ago
Yes please, me too thanks.
Member Since July 2015 - Comments: 66
12:54 PM, 28th September 2018, About 8 years ago
Potentially interested. Will depend on the whole offering, I don’t really want to be a member of 4 groups so I’d say you need to have a comprehensive package or you’ll be another lobbying group that could easily wither on the vine.
As you will be in competition with RLA and NLA and even 118 to some extent, you’ll need to cover all their activities. In my view anyway, or you’ll struggle to get to 1000. I do though hope that the idea is successful and I wish you luck.
Member Since March 2015 - Comments: 1969 - Articles: 1
1:01 PM, 28th September 2018, About 8 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Bill O’Dell at 28/09/2018 – 12:54
Tough crowd to please much, Bill? Jesus!
Member Since April 2014 - Comments: 306
1:39 PM, 28th September 2018, About 8 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Bill O’Dell at 28/09/2018 – 12:54
Disagree totally Bill. This new Landlord Union is specifically for one purpose only; to aggressively fight the landlords’ corner which the NLA/RLA are doing a very poor job of. I will continue to use the NLA/RLA for info giving, third party services, document downloads, training etc. Oh & by the way, P118 are supporting this Union so there’s no competition here at all.
Member Since September 2015 - Comments: 24
1:52 PM, 28th September 2018, About 8 years ago
Yes please, count me in. I believe the RLA & NLA are for too cosy with the government and councils. Too many suits, tea and biscuits……………
Member Since May 2017 - Comments: 21
3:22 PM, 28th September 2018, About 8 years ago
I am excited about you initiative! For too long the publicity on our ( landlords ) side has been defensive, attempting to counter smears and accusations about the PRS which are in the main totally unfounded. Yes, there are rogue landlords but they are very much in the minority. Show me any organisation which doesn’t contain a percentage of rogues!
Thje government needs to understand the landlords situation and instead of regarding them as profiteers who are making a fortune and are to be treated as cash cows to appease vocal opposition groups they should be working with and encouraging landlords to improve the situation instead of treating us like criminals with ever increasing penalties for minor infringements like not supplying tenants with copies of “How to Rent” before they take up residence.
Every piece of legislation carries a cost which the local authorities are unable to fund and must pass on to the landlord who in turn must pass it on to the tenant, which tends to aggravate the housing crisis not improve it.
No landlords evict good tenants without compelling reasons. If we have longer tenancies forced on us the legislation must include recognition that the processes to evict a bad tenant need to be streamlined and L A’s able to re-house tenants when an eviction notice is served instead of advising tenants to remain in the property until the bailiffs physically turn them out. The landlord must retain the right to evict unsuitable tenants if all else fails.
More power to this initiative. I and many others are behind it!
Member Since December 2015 - Comments: 79
5:28 PM, 28th September 2018, About 8 years ago
I’m in as well!