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Private rented sector bodies to merge
England and Wales’ largest private landlord organisations have agreed to merge.
The National Landlords Association (NLA) and the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) have announced their intention to come together as one advice and campaigning body.
They will form the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), with a membership of more than 80,000 landlords owning more than 500,000 homes – around 10% of England and Wales’ private rented sector.
NLA and RLA members will vote on the merger in September after it was approved by the boards of both organisations, with the NRLA set to launch on 1 January next year.
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Adrian Jeakings, chair of the NLA, and Alan Ward, chair of the RLA, said in a joint statement: “After more than 20 years of friendly competition, the time is right to create a single organisation to represent and campaign for landlords.
“With so much of our work done in parallel there are major benefits to be gained for our landlord members.
“We will be stronger together when presenting a unified voice to government, both nationally and locally, about the importance of supporting the majority of landlords who do a good job providing the homes to rent the country needs.”
The NLA has 41,500 members with origins dating back to 1973, while the RLA was established in 1998 and now represents 39,000 landlords.
