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Landlord's guide to right to rent checks (12 April 2022)
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Landlord's guide to right to rent checks
This guidance advises a landlord, letting agent or homeowner how to conduct a right to rent check when letting privately rented accommodation.
- From:
- UK Visas and Immigration and Home Office
- Published
- 2 November 2020
- Last updated
- 12 April 2022 — See all updates
Documents
Landlord's guide to right to rent checks: 6 April 2022
PDF, 1.05 MB, 86 pages
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You can find the previous version of this guide at the National Archives, along with earlier versions
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20220329154234/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/landlords-guide-to-right-to-rent-checks
Ukrainian nationals and right to rent checks
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Details
This guidance explains what landlords and letting agents must do to comply with the Right to Rent Scheme.
Landlords and letting agents must carry out right to rent checks on people before entering into a tenancy agreement with them to make sure they are allowed to rent.
You should use this guidance to find out:
- what a right to rent check is
- why you need to do a right to rent check
- letting arrangements that fall within the scheme
- how to carry out checks
- when to carry out initial checks and follow-up checks
- what documents are acceptable for a manual right to rent check
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Published 2 November 2020
Last updated 12 April 2022 + show all updates