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UK: Right to rent comes into force today

02 February 2016

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"The Government’s “right to rent” scheme requiring landlords to conduct “papers, please” checks on the immigration status of tenants comes into force today, 1 February 2016. It is hard to think of a worse example of a disproportionate policy, classically defined as a hammer being used to crack a nut."

See: Right to rent comes into force today (Garden Court Chambers, link)

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