Following legislation introduced, from 1 October 2018 any landlord who lets a property to 5 or more people – from 2 or more separate households – must be licensed by their local housing authority. The number of storeys of the property will no longer apply. The license fee will vary between Local Authorities, for example
We would like to advise those members with properties based in North Norfolk that a Universal Credit overview event is being hosted by NNDC and facilitated by the DWP taking place on Thursday 13th September with a 18.30 start. The venue will be at the North Norfolk District Council offices in Cromer. As we receive further
The DWP have been developing and testing a new service for landlords to request a managed payment or rent arrears deduction. The DWP would like to test the service in a live environment with a cross section of private landlords. Click here for the details of the trial and the questionnaire can be found here
A minimum tenancy term of three years is being proposed by Government. The longer tenancies, have been proposed by the housing, communities and local government secretary, James Brokenshire, in a consultation paper published on Monday 2nd July. The consultation document can be found here and will close on 26th August 2018 The online survey can
An update for members on the proposal for Selective Licensing of properties in Great Yarmouth is that Paul Cunningham, our Great Yarmouth Branch Chairman has compiled a document in response to Gt Yarmouth council consultation on Selective Licencing. This can be viewed here Again, we urge members to reply this consultation which ends on Friday, 24th
Suffolk’s local authorities have been successful in being awarded a substantial grant from the Warm Homes Fund, which was set up using part of the proceeds from the sale of National Grid’s majority stake in its gas distribution business, to fund both mains gas and oil fired central heating systems to over 500 households over
Please be advised that a new version of the How to Rent guide was published yesterday, 26th June. It can be found here