WEST MIDLANDS PRIVATE LANDLORD AND LETTING AGENTS CONFERENCE 2015
Over 400 landlords and agents attended the sell-out West Midlands Private Landlord and Letting Agent Conference at Walsall Football Stadium on the 2nd October 2015.
Change seemed to be the underlying theme of the conference. Change in:
- The regulations and legislation controlling the sector
- The demands of the housing market
- The innovations and new ways of working that landlords will need to adopt.
- The welfare support that many tenants depend on and their responsibilities to manage their rent.
With Sandwell’s Stephen Gabriel as MC, we had some first rate speakers, with presentations from Gerry Lyng of the Department of Work and Pensions on Universal Credit, David Cox, the Managing Director of the Association of Residential Lettings Agents giving his round-up of the state of the sector and Gary Wright introducing the innovative, new app for tenants ‘Check Before You Rent.’
In addition, we had Lord Best, a leading and respected expert across all aspects of housing and the unmissable Mary Latham of the National Landlords Association. The conference highlighted just how important it is for landlords to keep themselves informed, up to date and in touch with both other landlords and the council officers who deal with their issues.
If you attended the conference and have any comments or feedback you would like to share … its not too late. Drop an email to Liz Mooney at Elizabeth_mooney@sandwell.gov.uk
COVENTRY LANDLORD FORUM NEWSLETTER
Coventry CC have just release the first edition of their Coventry Landlord Forum Newsletter.
The newsletter will be published regularly to keep landlords with issues affecting them across Coventry. It will enable the Council to reduce the number of Forum meetings while still ensuring landlords get the information they need.
Like the Forum meetings the newsletter will deal with new legislation, energy efficiency and other items of interest. This first edition, for example, has articles on the Immigration Act 2014, the Redress scheme, Legionella and other matters too.
You can download the newsletter HERE or visit their WEBSITE and sign up for the Newsletter via their Email Alerts service for future editions.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FROM THE GAS SAFE CHARITY
Children are learning about gas safety in the classroom, thanks to a new programme from the Gas Safe Charity. A brand new website: GetGasSafe.org.uk has been launched, providing free educational resources around gas safety.
The website is aimed at primary school teachers who can access various teaching resources in order to deliver vital safety messages to their pupils.
Every year carbon monoxide poisoning, gas leaks, fires and explosions cause deaths and injuries which could be prevented if everybody followed a few simple safety precautions.
Created by Gas Safe Charity, Get Gas Safe makes it easy for teachers to equip their pupils aged 9 to 11 with the information that they need to stay safe.
The programme is supported by Electrical Safety First and RoSPA.
For more information and free educational resources visit: GetGasSafe.org.uk
