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UK: The Association for Rental Living (ARL) has launched a free education programme about build-to-rent (BTR) for elected councillors, mayors, and ministers.
The ARL will offer two, free to attend, online sessions on 19th and 26th June 2026.
Designed and delivered by the ARL, and led by CEO Brendan Geraghty together with an expert panel of specialists from across the BTR ecosystem, the ‘BTR 101’ sessions are open to any local or county councillor, mayors, and ministers, including those 5,000+ newly elected councillors.
The 75-minute sessions will cover a range of topics including what BTR homes are, the role that BTR can play in addressing local housing need, BTR and planning, BTR and investment including working in partnership with Local Authorities, BTR viability and delivery, operational BTR and how BTR can act as a catalyst for regeneration and long-term community creation.
More than 200 local authorities already have BTR within their residential pipelines and following the latest government guidance on BTR issued earlier this month, which states that “if a need is identified, authorities should include a plan policy setting out their approach to promoting and accommodating build to rent”, the new ‘BTR 101’ programme offers elected representatives keen to know more about, or refresh their understanding of, BTR expert-led learning from practitioners living and breathing BTR every day.
ARL CEO Brendan Geraghty said: “The housing crisis we, as a society, face touches every part of the country and addressing it requires collaborative, cross-party action at all levels. We welcome the Government’s latest guidance on Build to Rent and believe that our free ‘BTR 101’ sessions will aid understanding of the sector for authorities setting out their approaches to promoting and accommodating build to rent in plan policy should a need be identified. The Build to Rent sector has already delivered c.148,000 additional, good quality new homes to rent with the potential to deliver many more, so we welcome all elected government representatives to join our free educational sessions to discover what Build to Rent is and what it can bring to our communities.”
Highlights:
- The Association for Rental Living (ARL) has launched a free education programme about build-to-rent (BTR) for elected councillors, mayors, and ministers
- It will deliver two The 75-minute online sessions covering a range of topics
- More than 200 local authorities already have BTR within their residential pipelines
