Posts Tagged ‘rent arears’
Tenant Checks are not an optional extra
Posted on 21/11/2011
The National Landlords Association (NLA) is reminding landlords to carry out background checks on potential tenants before letting their properties. The NLA advises all landlords to carry out checks to confirm a tenant’s identity, and ensure that there is no apparent reason why they could not keep up with the rent. A recent survey by …
Landlords call for tenant choice on rental payments
Posted on 16/09/2011
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has called for the Government to give tenants choice in how housing benefits are paid to private landlords. Yesterday, Lord Freud confirmed that the new Universal Credit system would allow housing benefit to be paid direct to the tenant, but would revert to the housing provider should a tenant begin …
More landlords seek to evict tenants
Posted on 22/07/2011
The number of landlords seeking to evict their tenants through the courts is creeping up, amid forecasts of more evictions next year when new housing benefit caps are introduced. There were 34,897 landlord claims issued in courts in England and Wales in the first quarter of this year, 5% higher than in the first quarter …
