Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, announced at the Tory Party Conference that new criminal offences will start from December 2016 for those who do not carry out right to rent checks properly.
The government have now issued the legislation which …
From 1st February 2016, Landlords and Letting Agents who fail to carry …
What Landlords and Letting Agents have found most difficultThe 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 …
Letting Agents and Landlords are invited to a free Right to Rent breakfast briefing being organised by Right2Rent taking place at RJM, Nottingham at 08:00 – 09:30 on 4th…
The government has announced today that from 1 February 2016, all private landlords in England will have to check new tenants have the right to be in the UK before renting out their property. This is a further roll-out of
We have put together a …
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. …
New Government proposals announced on the 02 August 2015 include imprisonment of Landlords for a period of up to 5 years, where they repeatedly fail to comply with the new ‘right to rent’ scheme.
The Government announced over …
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.