We are fully paid up members of the National Landlords Association.
Why did we do it?
The main features of the NLA are:
- With its head office overlooking the Houses of
Parliament in central London, the NLA is uniquely placed to represent
the interests of private residential landlords at the national level.
- With well over 13,000 members the NLA is by far the largest landlord association in the UK.
- The NLA provides a telephone advice line. It is
staffed by experienced professionals and is available to members
throughout the working week.
- Alone among landlord associations, raising standards in the private-rented sector is a core activity of the NLA.
- Thanks to reasoned argument and a measured approach, the NLA enjoys the confidence of government departments.
- Uniquely among landlord associations, the NLA was
invited to provide a policy officer on secondment to the Office of the
Deputy Prime Minister (now Communities and Local Government) to work on
secondary legislation arising from the Housing Act 2004.
- Published 6 times a year, the NLA journal, UK
Landlord, is a flagship publication in its field and is distributed
widely throughout the industry to politicians and other opinion formers.
- The NLA produces a monthly e-newsletter that is distributed to more than 13,000 recipients.
- Five of the largest buy-to-let lenders (Birmingham
Midshires Solutions, Paragon Mortgages Ltd, Mortgage Express, Mortgage
Trust and Bristol & West) are corporate members of the NLA and
provide a forum for co-operating on trade and regulatory issues of
mutual concern.
- Over 50 Local Authorities are members of the NLA.
- The NLA influences policy at local level, including
Scotland and Wales, through its network of regional representatives and
branches.
- The NLA has developed a highly successful media
campaign resulting in frequent mentions in local and national media
outlets during 2005.
- The NLA actively seeks to influence policy at the European level.
- The NLA is the only landlords association to have
been awarded a government contract to operate a tenancy deposit
protection scheme which is administered by Hamilton Fraser Insurance
Solutions plc.
Basically, it shows we are serious! We don't mind jumping through a few burning hoops in order to re-enforce our message of quality, well maintained rented accommodation at reasonable prices.
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