LANI General Meeting 

What to do if your Tenant stops paying their rent

Date: Wednesday 17 May 2023

Time: 7:30 pm

What to do if your Tenant stops paying their rent

We are delighted to announce that Raymond Crooks of Thompson Crooks Solicitors, has agreed to present on the topic of “What to do if your Tenant stops paying their rent or you need to ask them to leave your rental property for any other reason”.

How does the eviction system work in Northern Ireland?  Do you know what the legal steps you need to take are?  and what actions will delay or even prevent you from regaining possession of your property?

Members come along and find out how to deal with this difficult situation and remain within the law.

Tea/Coffee will be served at the end of the meeting.

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See you there

The purpose of holding LANI General Meetings is to inform members of issues affecting the private housing sector.  Any information provided should not be considered as a substitute for professional or legal advice. This meeting is not to be recorded on phones or other devices.

LANI General Meeting – Private Tenancies Act 2022

Date: Wednesday 8 March 2023

Time: 7:30 pm

Private Tenancies Act 2022

Presentation – Forthcoming legislative changes ie, Section 1-6 of the Private Tenancies Act 2022, and the likely impacts of changes taking effect on 1^st April 2023.

Cathy Landau Housing Rights Landlord Section

Members:- Please forward any questions you have in relation to the impending changes to the office by 1 March 2023 info@lani.org.uk so they can be incorporated in the presentation on the night.

Tea/Coffee will be served at the end of the meeting.

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The purpose of holding LANI General Meetings is to inform members of issues affecting the private housing sector.  Any information provided should not be considered as a substitute for professional or legal advice. This meeting is not to be recorded on phones or other devices.

LANI General Meeting – Condensation and how to deal with it.

Date: Wednesday 18 Jan 2023

Time: 7:30 pm

Claire O’Neill from Environmental Services, Belfast City Council – Condensation and how to deal with it

Hugh McCullough from Condensation Solutions is coming along to talk to us about different products to manage the problem of Condensation.

Tea/Coffee will be served at the end of the meeting.

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The purpose of holding LANI General Meetings is to inform members of issues affecting the private housing sector.  Any information provided should not be considered as a substitute for professional or legal advice. This meeting is not to be recorded on phones or other devices.

LANI General Meeting Rates Rebate Scheme and Housing Benefit

Date: Wednesday 09 Nov 2022

Time: 7:30 pm

Presenters from Housing Benefit and the Rates Rebate Scheme will be coming along to explain how a landlord can correctly deal with Housing Benefit claims in relation to rates.

Tea/Coffee will be served at the end of the meeting

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The purpose of holding LANI General Meetings is to inform members of issues affecting the private housing sector.  Any information provided should not be considered as a substitute for professional or legal advice. This meeting is not to be recorded on phones or other devices.

LANI AGM and Update on HMO Legislation

Date: Wednesday 11 Mar 2020

Time: 7:30 pm

A short AGM and election (of approximately 30 Minutes) will form part of this General Meeting.

The AGM will be followed by an update on the new HMO legislation by Kevin Bloomfield from the HMO Unit, Belfast City Council

Members questions for the speaker are requested in advance of the event and are to be with the office by close of business Friday 6 March 2020

Questions should be posed in a general manner – answers cannot be given on specific cases/properties

Tea/Coffee will be served at the end of the meeting

Please note this is a members only meeting – if you are bringing guests or work colleagues they will need to be a member to be able to attend. If you have not renewed your membership, you need to do so prior to the meeting.

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The purpose of holding LANI General Meetings is to inform members of issues affecting the private housing sector.  Any information provided should not be considered as a substitute for professional or legal advice. This meeting is not to be recorded on phones or other devices.

How to Protect your Assets for the Next Generation

Date: Wednesday 15 Jan 2020

Time: 7:30 pm

Inheritance Tax at 40%, long term care costs at up to 100% and a beneficiary divorcing can decimate a property portfolio. On top of this, after the recent tax changes most wills are now out of date.

Hills Financial Planning are experts in estate planning and will guide you through the pitfalls of a poorly drafted will and highlight the action that you need to take now to protect your family’s inheritance.

Why not come along to this LANI General Meeting to find out more

Members free entry – Non Members £30

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Visit from Belfast City Council Planners

Date: Wednesday 20 Nov 2019

Time: 7:30 pm

One of the planners from Belfast City Council Planning Service will be joining us at this event to provide a presentation on Airbnb properties and HMO Properties.

Following the presentation there will be pre-set questions answered – if you have a specific question please forward it to the office and we will endeavour to add it to the list.

All questions need to be with the office no later than Thursday 14 November. This is not an open question and answer session.

Please note this is a Members only meeting – if you are bringing guests or work colleagues they will need to be a member to be able to attend. If you have not renewed your membership, you need to do so prior to the meeting.

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HMO Licensing Panel Event

Date: Thursday 19 Sep 2019

Time: 7:30 pm

Are you an HMO Landlord or do you manage HMO properties for others? Then this meeting is a must for you.

From Monday 1 April 2019 the licensing laws for shared flats and houses changed. On this date the Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 went into operation and local councils across NI took over responsibility for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) from the NI Housing Executive. Some issues have arisen that HMO Landlords need to be aware of….

Please note this is a Members only meeting – if you are bringing guests or work colleagues they will need to be a member to be able to attend. If you have not renewed your membership, you need to do so prior to the meeting.

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LANI HMO Information Evening

Date: Wednesday 22 May 2019

Time: 7:30 pm

Speakers

Kevin Bloomfield and Steven Law, senior staff in Belfast City Council’s HMO Unit

Are you an HMO Landlord or do you manage HMO properties for others?

From Monday 1 April 2019, licensing laws for shared flats and houses changed. On this date the Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 went into operation and local councils across NI took over responsibility for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) from the NI Housing Executive.

Our speakers will cover various topics including:-

• How to apply for a renewal of your HMO licence and what information is required to renew.
• Operational matters in managing an HMO and compliance requirements.

This is a unique opportunity for LANI Members to meet Kevin and Steven and ask questions on the night.

Members-only free entry.
This meeting is open to members only. If you want to join or you need to renew your subscription, you must do so before the meeting.

LANI General Meeting

Date: Wednesday 15 May 2019

Time: 7:30 pm

Speakers

Universal Credit (Department for Communities), Housing Benefit (Housing Executive), Rate Rebate Section (Rating Reform Team, Department of Finance)

With the Mitigation Measures offered in NI in relation to the changeover coming to an end and the roll out for existing claimants progressing – this will affect all members who have tenants claiming benefits in the coming months.

This is a chance to hear how the changeover to Universal Credit and the associated changes with the Rates Rebate scheme have been going over the past year for new claimants.

Come along and hear how to ensure that the changeover is smooth for yourselves as landlords and for any of your tenants who may be affected.

The presentations will provide good practical advice for all our members.  For those of you with no tenants claiming benefits at present  please bear in mind that any of your tenants circumstances may change at any time and you may become affected by the topics being discussed at this event.

Refreshments will be provided

Members free entry – Non Members £30

Landlord Advice Event, Coleraine

Date: Wednesday 27 March 2019

Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Details

LANI and advisers from Landlord Advice NI helpline are running a joint information evening in Coleraine. This follows a successful similar event at a LANI general meeting in Belfast in September last year.

The aim of Landlord Advice is to help landlords comply with their legal requirements and promote good practice. All landlords are encouraged to attend to hear about how the service operates with the opportunity to get answers to some of their own questions on the evening. LANI representatives will also be on hand.

Admission free

Please come along and invite anyone you know who might be interested.

LANI Annual General Meeting

Date: Wednesday 13 March 2019

Time: 7:30 pm sharp

AGM

The evening will commence with a short AGM. Please arrive in good time.

Autoline Insurance

We will have an insurance clinic including a presentation “An Overview of Landlords Insurance” given by Donna Vaughan from Autoline Insurance. This aims to cover various different types of insurance of interest to landlords and as usual will include a Q&A.

Refreshments will be provided

Members free entry – Non Members £20

Non members can join the meeting at 8pm following the short AGM

LANI General Meeting

Date: Wednesday 16 January 2019

Time: 7:30 pm

Incorporation – Article 24

A new opportunity for Landlords in NI – a short outline of the benefits by Mark Smith, a barrister.

TDS Northern Ireland

The speaker will be Eamonn Hunt, Operations Manager at TDSNI. What should a landlord include in an inventory and check in and check out inspections. This presentation will look at how an inventory should be recorded and will include the calculation of depreciation, setting out of information and timings relating to deposits.

There will be an opportunity after Eamonn’s presentation to ask questions from the floor and a chance to chat with Mark at the end of the meeting over coffee.

Refreshments will be provided

Members free entry – Non Members £20

LANI General Meeting

Date: Wednesday 5 December 2018

Time: 7:30 pm

Making Tax Digital

Speaker – Tom Penman of Baker Tilly Mooney Moore Accountants, who provide accountancy and business advisory services, will be presenting on the new Making Tax Digital Requirements coming into force for landlords and small businesses in April 2019.

There will be an opportunity after the presentation to ask questions from the floor.

Refreshments will be provided

Members free entry – Non Members £20

Presentation – Belfast Draft Local Development Plan

Date: Wednesday 24 October 2018

Time: 7.00 pm (sharp)

Details and Background

Belfast City Council has been working on a Local Development Plan for the city that will inform planning policy well into the future. The draft plan is currently out for consultation and there is a large section on housing, including the private rented sector. The public consultation ends on 15th November at 5pm.

We are pleased to have a special presentation for LANI members by Dermot O’Kane, Principal Planning Officer and Martyn Smithson, Senior Planning Officer of the Planning Department of Belfast City Council. The presentation is anticipated to last about 20 mins with the opportunity for questions afterwards.

The presentation will be in the Middleton room – go to the top of the stairs, walk to the end of the hall and it is on the right. Car parking is available in the hotel car park at the rear.

General information about the plan can be found at:

http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/LDP

Members free entry – Non Members £20

LANI General Meeting

Date: Wednesday 26 September 2018

Time: 7.30 pm

Landlord Helpline 

The speakers will be from the Landlords Adviceline for Northern Ireland and they will be covering the topics that Landlords most frequently contact them regarding.

This is a good chance to hear how the service is being used and learn how to deal with some of the issues landlords are finding issues with.  The presentation will be followed by a Question and Answer session so why not bring along some of your own questions for them on the night?

Members free entry – Non Members £20

LANI General Meeting

Date: Wednesday 16 May 2018

Time: 7.30 pm

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)

This is one you can’t afford to miss – GDPR the buzz word for 2018

• What is it all about?
• Do you know your responsibilities as a Landlord under GDPR?
• Do you know when this comes into force?
• Are you compliant?

You need to know all this information

Presentation by Mark Hopkins of Quadra Ltd followed by Q&A session

If you have any questions about this please send them to me in the office and I will pass them to Mark prior to the event so he can include them on the night as we only have 30 minutes for the Q&A

Members free entry – Non Members £20

(If you have not already renewed your membership why not come along on 16th May and do so at the event)

Annual General Meeting

Date: Wednesday 14 March 2018

Time: 7.30 pm

This General Meeting will be started with a short AGM – lasting approximately 30 minutes consisting of the Election of the Committee for 2018/19 – If you are interested in standing, please ensure that you have renewed your membership and send the Nomination form to the office before 8 March 2018.

Speaker Tom Penman from Baker Tilly Mooney Moore

Tom will discuss the tax implications of corporate v non corporate ownership structures including the impact of mortgage relief changes, effective structures taking account of Stamp Duty and capital gains liability of selling property.

Based in Belfast we’re a chartered certified accountancy firm and provide Audit and Accounting, Tax, Computer Consultancy, Business Services, Corporate Finance, Forensic Services, Corporate Recovery, Business Planning, HR Management Consultancy and Marketing Services.

Speaker Arthur Dodds from Arthur Dodds and Company Limited, Independent Financial Advisors

Arthur will explain using EIS and VCT for tax efficient reinvestment and qualifying for business property relief.

Both of these speakers attended our meeting on Wednesday 20th September but due to the length of time taken by the first speakers of the evening did not get a chance to give their presentation in full.   We have asked them back in line with Member requests – these are very interesting topics – not to be missed – unless you want to be giving money to HMRC!!!!

Members free entry – Non Members £20

Non members can join the meeting at 8pm following the short AGM to join us for the speakers

LANI General Meeting

Date: Wednesday 24 January 2018

Time: 7.30 pm

Raymond Crooks, Solicitor

How to ensure you evict your tenant legally – Do not be caught on the wrong side of the law!”

Practical advice on how the eviction process works in Northern Ireland

Members free entry – Non Members £20

Refreshments for the evening are sponsored by Bell and Co