{"id":42503,"date":"2017-02-01T07:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T00:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/right-to-rent-immigration-checks-put-vulnerable-people-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2017-02-01T07:14:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T00:14:19","slug":"right-to-rent-immigration-checks-put-vulnerable-people-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/right-to-rent-immigration-checks-put-vulnerable-people-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Right to rent immigration checks put vulnerable people at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDaily, 11,300 checks are made on potential tenants in England. But the proven benefits are limited \u2013 and the damage is very realOne year ago, on 1 February 2016, the government implemented its \u201cright to rent\u201d scheme, requiring landlords who let property in England to carry out checks on the immigration status of potential tenants, as part of a government drive to create a \u201chostile environment for illegal migrants\u201d.The government plans to extend the scheme to the rest of the UK. But before it does, the government must ask whether the scheme\u2019s biggest effect has been to deny some of society\u2019s most vulnerable people the accommodation they need. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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