Since 2016 all landlords in England have had rules imposed upon them which effectively make them unpaid supernumerary emigration control agents. The Right to Rent…
Landlords should not make assumptions about anybody’s right to rent or their immigration status, updated ‘Right to Rent’ guidance has re-iterated. In particular, landlords should…
Landlords have been reminded that when renting to European Economic Area nationals, they are now required to make immigration status checks under the Right to…
Current ‘temporary’ right to rent check requirements are to remain in place until 30 September 2022, the Home Office has announced. Temporary adjustments to the…
Landlords who use letting agents to undertake ‘right to rent’ tenant checks must have a written agreement to this effect if they wish to avoid…
A last-minute change means the end date for the ‘temporary’ right to rent checking regime, which had been set as 31 August, has now been…
Now that restrictions on bailiff enforcement of evictions in England and Wales have been lifted bailiffs are, as far as practical, outstanding warrants will be…
Less onerous Right to Rent checks, introduced because of the Coronavirus pandemic, will now be acceptable until 31 August 2021, the Home Office has announced….
So long as landlords have carried out ‘right to rent’ checks on tenants who are EEA nationals prior to 30 June, there is no requirement…
While house moves have been permitted during the Covid Crisis, the Government has continued to advise all parties involved to be as flexible as possible…
Delays caused by the Coronavirus pandemic have meant that planned changes to the Right to Rent rules will not now be made before the spring…
Landlords can be sent to prison for five years or receive unlimited fines if they rent property in England to someone who does not have…
Home Office ‘Right to Rent’ rules, obliging landlords to check on the residency status of tenants, is legal, the Court of Appeal ruled this week….
We should soon know who our new Prime Minister will be, and they need to act quickly to sort out the Right to Rent mess…
It has been announced that the Right to Rent legislation is to go to Judicial Review at the High Court, as the worth of the…
