Right to Rent Challenge Opens in High Court
A legal challenge to overturn controversial Right to Rent laws for landlords and tenants is underway in the courts. Charity the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) hasbrought the action in London’s High Court. The legal team for the JCWI is arguing the...
Councils Issue Four Fines a Week Under Right to Rent
Four landlords and letting agents are fined every week under the government’s controversial Right to Rent laws, according to official statistics. In the first two years of operation – from March 2016 until the end of March 2018 – the Home Office has...
Right to Rent under fire from United Nations
A United Nations expert on racism has urged the government to stop forcing landlords to impose hostile immigration rules. UN special rapporteur on racism E Tendayi Achiume spent two weeks looking at immigration policy in Britain and concluded that laws designed to...
Lawyers Take on Right to Rent With Court Challenges
The government’s controversial Right to Rent rules are facing two legal challenges. The law demands landlords should act as immigration officers by checking if a potential tenant has the right to stay in the UK before renting them a home. The Home Office brought in...
Right to Rent Legal Challenge Launches
A legal challenge is underway against Right to Rent checks that landlords have to undertake on tenants before allowing them rent a home. Right to Rent came into force across England in February 2016 and is expected to roll out to Scotland and Wales. Under the law,...
New ‘Short’ Right To Rent Guidance
The Home Office has published a new version of the short guide to right to rent obligations for landlords and letting agents. At 14 pages it’s perhaps not a correct definition of being ‘short’! The guidance is not the ‘statutory code of...
Updated Right To Rent Code Of Practice
When conducting right to rent checks under the Immigration Act 2014, in order to achieve a statutory excuse, consideration must be given to the statutory code of practice under the Act. From 25 May 2016, the statutory code of practice has been updated. Landlords must...
Ryanair Case Has Not Led To Right To Rent Crash Landing
Right to Rent has not crash landed as a result of a judge ruling that airline staff should not be blamed for failing to spot forged passports that immigration officers could not tell from real documents. Although the judge criticised the Home Office for forcing...
Home Office To Rollout Right To Rent
The Home Office have announced that the Right to Rent provisions of the Immigration Act 2014 are to be rolled out for the remainder of England from 1 February 2016. Currently, the provisions are only in force in certain areas. We have produced some detailed guidance...
Right To Rent Landlords Hike Fees In Pilot Areas
The Right To Rent pilot scheme has led to claims landlords are turning away tenants they feel will not easily pass an identity check. They are also charging extra fees of up to £100 to carry out ID checks on tenants. The allegations come from one of the groups...
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