“The scheme, which is a key element of the Home Office’s “hostile environment” for illegal migration, requires private landlords to check the immigration status of tenants and prospective tenants. Those landlords that fail to complete checks can face fines and up to five years in prison.”
Right to rent rule ‘justified’ finds UK appeal court (The Guardian, link)
However: Court of Appeal agrees that the Right to Rent scheme causes racial discrimination (JCWI, link): “But the Court stopped short of finding Right to Rent violated human rights law. They leave it to MPs and the Government to decide whether the racial discrimination is ‘greater than envisaged’.”
See also: Court of Appeal judgment ([2019] EWHC 452 (Admin), pdf) and background: Right to Rent breaches human rights law and fuels racism, High Court rules