At the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Southern Private Landlords Association on 7th February 2007, members agreed by an overwhelming majority to amalgamate the Southern Private Landlords Association (SPLA) and the National Federation of Residential Landlords (NFRL).

This move is in recognition of changes that are taking place in the industry and positions the National Federation for Residential Landlords as a membership based organisation with over 9,000 private landlords across the UK.

Barry Markham, CEO of SPLA said: " We are leading the way to allow a national, regional and local structure to develop across the country, building real capacity at all levels for our members benefit and to strengthen our voice at both local and more importantly, national level."

Mike Stimpson, Chair of the NFRL said: "This is a real opportunity to take the national organisation forward by extending the level of support, advice and training available to our members and bring further professionalism to our industry."