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THE High Court has ruled that the Government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are responsible for checking the immigration status of their tenants with the prospect of prosecution if they know or have “reasonable cause to believe” that the property they are letting is occupied by someone who does not have […]
Read moreRight to Rent Checks The new rules known as the “Right to Rent Checks” came in for the whole UK on February 1st, 2016. So, here is our Right to Rent checklist. Yes, it is true, the government did a trial in the West Midlands and then either forgot to, or could not be bothered to evaluate it. They just rolled […]
Read moreLandlords will now be asked to help with the Border Control Agency’s job says David Lawrenson of private rent consultants LettingFocus.com. The latest government idea has really come out of left field. This is the plan, contained in the Queens Speech, to make landlords responsible for checking their tenants’ immigration status. Landlords will soon have to ask for and check […]
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