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Policy positions

ºÚÁÏÍø is committed to being an advocate for the sector’s unique value to government, investment, and consumers, sharing the organisations position, on behalf of our members, across a range of government policies.

Our policy positions can be found below:

Build to Rent

ARL welcomes Government recognition of BTR as a catalyst for faster housing delivery

ARL responds to Housing Minister’s statement

Build to Rent’s time to shine in Labour’s revised NPPF

UKAA response to Labour Party pledges on new homesÌý

Planning

ARL response to the revised National Planning Policy Framework

ºÚÁÏÍø response to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

The ARL responds to the Government’s National Planning Policy Framework consultation

ARL response to Labour’s launch of NPPF review

ARL response to the revised National Planning Policy Framework

Scotland

ARL response to latest Housing (Scotland) Bill

ARL welcomes continuity as Minister for Housing in Scotland remains in post

The Housing (Scotland) Bill

ARL response to the publication of the Housing (Scotland) Bill

UKAA comments on the Scottish Government’s report on landlord and tenant engagement on rented sector reform

UKAA response to findings of Judicial Review on rent controls in Scotland

Scotland extends rent cap and evictions freeze until March 2024

UKAA responds to Scottish Parliament statement on housing

UKAA statement on Scottish Rent Cap

Responses to Budgets and Government announcements

ºÚÁÏÍø for Rental Living’s calls ahead of the Spring Statement

ARL Autumn Budget 2024 response

ARL response to the Government’s ‘Plan for Change’

Housing should be right at home in the UK’s new modern Industrial Strategy

ARL response to the outcome of the general election

ARL response to the announcement of the 2024 general election

UKAA response to the 2024 Spring Budget

UKAA response to the 2023 Spring Budget: The Call for Planning Reform

Rental Reform

ºÚÁÏÍø for Rental Living response to the Third Reading of the Renters’ Rights Bill

ARL response to the Renters’ Rights Bill second reading

The ARL response to the Renters’ Rights Bill first reading

The ARL response to the report stage and third reading of the Renters (Reform) Bill

UKAA response to second reading of the Renters (Reform) Bill

The UKAA response to the proposed Renters’ (Reform) Bill

Multiple Dwellings Relief Abolition

Abolition of Multiple Dwellings Relief

Housing Standards

ARL supports call for Government to publish plans on future MEES for the non-domestic private rented sector in England

UKAA response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s housebuilding market study in England, Scotland, and Wales

UKAA responds to government consultation on staircases in residential buildings

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