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Right to rent: The impact of the Immigration Act 2016 on migrants with lawful status
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The Immigration Act 2014 made it compulsory for private landlords to check the immigration status of all new adult tenants, sub-tenants and lodgers in order to assess whether they have a ‘Right to Rent’ in...

 the UK. The Act also introduced civil penalties for landlords and letting agents for renting out property to individuals who are not qualified to rent property in the UK. The Immigration Act 2016 (“The...

Right to rent immigration checks introduced for landlords
By Richmond Chambers -

As of 1 February 2016, landlords have been required to check tenants’ “right to rent”. This comes as a result of the Immigration Act 2014, under which if landlords are found to be letting to someone who does...

 not have a right to be in the UK, and the landlords failed to carry out the proper checks, they risk becoming liable to a civil penalty with a fine of up to £3000. What? Landlords must now check that a...

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