RLA AND ARLA TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY
The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) announce that they have agreed to work together in areas of mutual interest within the private rented sector. These include political lobbying, where both bodies have a commitment to raising the standards in the private rented sector. ARLA has its licensing scheme and RLA its accredited landlord’s scheme. Co-operation could also include areas of research, where at present both bodies produce complementary statistical information on the sector.
Both organisations stress that there are other areas where common interests can be best achieved by working together. But it is also acknowledged that equally there are areas of difference, and as this does not represent anything more than “working together for mutual benefit”, both organisations will remain totally independent.