NRLA urges Chancellor not to raise taxes on landlords in Autumn Budget

This comment above is typical from NRLA who supposed to represent their members but contrary to the interest and votes of their members deposited in NRLA, voted for this awful and disastrous section 21 as fair to tenants and landlords (I cannot find a single fair change to help landlords in the last 10 years with their 80 plus new laws, rules and regulations). So NRLA voted: Yes, for costly pets with not even insurance or payment for the damage and time that their flats will not be able to be rented for the stench. Yes for any tenants for short rental flats as Airbnb but with normal rental meaning that the landlord can only have 3 rentals in a year as there could be up to 2 months unlet plus the cost of repairing replacing furniture, decorating and painting and extra expenditure to return the flat in good condition for the next short term tenant, yes for as long as the tenants want to rent for regardless of the agreement and let the small landlord fork out several thousands of pounds . Yes, to fine small landlords if they do not treat their business as other business but as a government handed out “Social Landlord”. Yes, with heavy fines. Yes, for a list of poor small landlords such as the current Chancellor for not declaring her let flat, yes for more taxes and licences but not for the previous Housing Secretary of state who have not pay any monetary fine etc. Yes, for inspecting flats unannounced even if the tenants refuse to let intruders in. NRLA has already been providing their new addition courses with these laws in mind and has been passing for this awful to be introduced asap and has been advertising their services long before the new law is introduced with extra compliance and expensive services which make their list of side business even far more numerous and lucrative and whose profits are not shared with their members. Now that they are losing landlord members as they are giving in their flats to local authorities to rent to illegals or simply are throwing the towel because their business is an uneconomical disaster that will make them lose around 40% poorer after sale with the capital gains, Estate agents fees and layers charges or as NRLA put it “Cashing in” as it displayed a mask who often describe their members as the “irresponsible landlords” (as there is not responsible landlord Association or representation) and even using adjectives as criminal landlords. (Not even the medical Association calls that to their caring members when they find doctors as Dr Shipman who called over 200 of his patients. or nurses that have committed similar assassinations referred to their members which is a caring profession. I do not know how many landlords have killed their tenants, but all of this is part of the vilification and demonisation of the landlords by this little “Small Landlords Association” of few years ago and after swollen the other landlords Association becomes the only small landlord’s representation. No wonder that no landlord has been consulted before or during this long Section 21 processes between this and previous Governments as well as between the Commons and the Lords Houses, but the law has been passed and does not help most of the good tenants who are already paying very high rents and others who have increase dramatically the homeless queue

The NRLA has as much clout as candy floss on a stick

Reply to the comment left by Jesus Diaz at 07/11/2025 – 12:07
100% agree. I wont be renewing but go either Independent Landlord for templates or IHOWZ as they were they only ones who called the Bill out a lot but it did not earn them a PR seat at the table or Pennycook name dropped NRLA at the end of the bill in parliament for all it was worth. Probably because the NRLA ‘ Welcomes’ everything government announces