What would Brexit mean for Right To Rent Checks?
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Right to Rent – An analysis of the first months
What Landlords and Letting Agents have found most difficult
The new right to rent scheme has been in place for all new tenancies across England from the 1st February 2016. The scheme requires that all adult occupiers of a property …
Immigration Bill – New defence for Landlords who face criminal action under right to rent
The latest Immigration Bill is continuing to work its way through the Commons and House of Lords. The Bill will introduce tough new criminal sanctions for Landlords and their Agents under the right to rent rules. At present Landlords and …
Landlords “suffering chronic lack of information” – Right to Rent
Nearly three-quarters of private residential landlords in the UK don’t understand the implications of the government’s new Right to Rent scheme – that was the shocking statistic unveiled by Mark Lilley-Tams, an immigration law solicitor at Paragon Law, at an
…Right to Rent – Frequently Asked Questions
As we approach the launch of the Right To Rent Scheme on 1st February 2016 we are seeing an increasing number of questions coming in to us. We love this as it demonstrates that people are becoming increasingly aware of
…Right to Rent Checks Result In Discrimination Against Those Who Appear ‘Foreign’
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has conducted an independent evaluation of the Right to Rent scheme and has uncovered a number of negative impacts on tenants and landlords as a direct result of the scheme. …
Important Update
As of the 1st July 2021 we are no longer able to carry out manual checks on EU nationals to confirm a right to rent.
From 1st July 2021, the majority of EEA citizens will prove their right to rent using the Home Office online service. Those who have made a successful application to the EU Settlement Scheme will have been provided with an eVisa and can only prove their right to rent using the Home Office online service ‘prove your right to rent in England’ available on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-rent.
To prove their right to rent from 1st July 2021, individuals will provide landlords with a share code and their date of birth which will enable landlords to check their Home Office immigration status via the online service available on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/view-right-to-rent.
We are still able to carry out manual checks for non EU nationals and family member of EU nationals in some instances, if you are unsure whether your prospective check meets this criteria please contact right to rent at enquiries@right2rent.co.uk.