The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has taken over responsibility of the Lettings Industry Council (TLIC) under a new partnership between the two industry bodies.

As the Renters’ Rights Act continues to impact the PRS, both groups have promised to speak to policymakers with a “united and influential voice”, conveying the concerns of agents and landlords to government.

The NRLA will oversee the secretariat at TLIC which is made up of lettings experts from across the industry, professional bodies and schemes, service providers for both landlords and tenants, and representatives from both large and small lettings agents.

Chair

TLIC chair Theresa Wallace will work alongside NRLA chief executive Ben Beadle, who says: “The NRLA and TLIC are long-standing supporters of greater professionalisation across the PRS, so uniting to champion the fantastic work responsible landlords and letting agents do for our sector is a no brainer.

“Together, we will continue to support the highly impactful work undertaken to date and fight for a better, fairer, more prosperous PRS which works in the interests of all.”

Wallace adds: “I have worked closely with Ben and the NRLA team for many years, and they share many of TLIC’s views when it comes to the need to build a lettings market which works for both landlords and agents.

Approach

“TLIC’s cross-industry, consensus-based approach has gone a long way towards ensuring the lettings market is able to play a pivotal role in the delivery of rented accommodation and with the NRLA’s help, we will take our work to the next level by providing even greater support for our members.”

The NRLA supports and represents more than 114,000 members across England and Wales and earlier this week announced its plan to expand beyond its traditional landlord base by teaming up with real estate advisor Bidwells to offer a new service to build-to-rent operators, investors and funders.

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