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Landlords having to deal with shortfall between their housing benefit and their monthly rents

A new survey by the NRLA, indicates that more than half – 57% – of private renting households in Britain in receipt of benefits – that’s some 820,000 private rented households – routinely experience a shortfall between their housing benefit and their monthly rents.

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Pause for thought: Risks in Using A ‘Guaranteed Rent’ Arrangement

So called ‘Rent-to-Rent’ schemes are an attractive property strategy for both existing and new property investors for different reasons. For existing investors, who may have been hands on landlords and now perhaps want to take a bit more of a back seat, the promise of a guaranteed rent and a totally hands off approach can be very attractive.

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Private Rented Sector White Paper Explained

More detail on the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill has recently been announced by the government in a white paper entitled ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’. Issued by the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities, the full proposal issued on the .GOV site, is a huge document covering a range of proposals. Read on to find a summary of the main points:

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