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Latest News from ARL, including Blogs, Videos, and Industry News in the Build to Rent sector

View from EDI Committee June 2025

Stephanie Smith, Chair of the ARL Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee and Head of Residential at Muse, outlines plans for 2025 As Chair of the ARL Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Committee, I’m proud to lead a passionate group of individuals who are committed to making meaningful…

 

ARL Welcomes New Member: AGC

At AGC, we design environments where people genuinely love to live, work, and stay. As a multidisciplinary interior design studio, we offer a complete service under one roof—including interior architecture, show home design, and bespoke furniture range creation. From Build to Rent to boutique hotels and…

 

ARL welcomes new member: Venn Partners

Venn Partners is a specialist investment manager in European residential investment strategies. Our investment activity currently extends across the spectrum of residential asset classes, including market rent, affordable housing and owner-occupancy. We currently have around £5bn of capital deployed and around £5bn further capital to deploy. Within the UK we…

 

Committee View: Reinforcing the need for sector-specific qualifications

By Jo Green, Chair of the ARL–TPI Joint Education & Qualifications Committee The Association for Rental Living (ARL) has taken an important step forward in its commitment to professionalising the Build to Rent (BTR) sector by incorporating the requirement for relevant qualifications into the new  …

 

ARL Welcomes New Member: Settio Living

Lease Up and Operational expertise, delivered by the team behind Settio. Specialising in new build, high volume developments, with key experience and mobilisation teams in the city centres of Manchester, London and Birmingham. With service and experience at the centre of our operation, we’re here to offer a fresh…

 

ARL Welcomes New Member: WTW

Create more value, protect your assets and income and safeguard your property investments. Our real estate specialists offer property owners, investors, agents and developers tailored risk and insurance programmes to manage the risks to your performance more effectively and efficiently.   We support you in creating…

 

Bricks, and Bold Intentions: How Leicester Is Quietly Rewriting the BTR Rulebook 

In a country obsessed with home ownership, the build-to-rent sector has often been relegated to the margins of housing debates – wrongly so. But on a sunny spring morning in Leicester, a group of housing professionals – spanning from operators, investors, construction experts and proptech aficionados – gathered for…