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Landlords Brief Housing Minister

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The PDPLA as members of the policy advisory board to the NRLA, have jointly signed a letter to the new Housing Secretary calling out concerns with the current proposals to reform the private rental sector. With the typical tenure for a housing minister being 10 months, it is not surprising the sector is in chaos and policies are constantly changing.

This is our attempt (one of many) to make things better for landlords in the private sector.

What did we ask... 

 Whilst commending the need and intent to reform the sector, we raised specific concerns about:

- Plans to abolish Section 21 need to be supported with appropriate changes to the courts and their processes

- Current proposals will render the student housing market untenable

- Changes are needed if anti-social behaviour and nightmare tenants are not to become an even bigger problem

- Some of the rhetoric used when describing landlords is damaging the industry as a whole

You can review the whole letter here:  https://pdpla.com/useful-documents-list/396-iab-letter-to-housing-secretary

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About the author

Martin Silman

Martin began his landlord journey 30 years ago, while working in an international role for a global telecommunications company. Since retiring he has extended his portfolio, which he manages with his wife, but has always focussed on the ‘small student HMO’ sector preferring to offer homes in the community for small groups to the more common ‘pack them in and take the money’ mentality. He has chaired the PDPLA for the past 12 years and has overseen the Associations transition from small local self-help group to a much larger and more professional institution which is recognised and listened to nationally. Alongside his PDPLA role, he also has leadership roles in a number of other local organisations – bringing his unique perspective, driving for change and increased use of technology while respecting the history that brought us here.

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