Amendment to Right to Rent Checks – Covid-19
The Home Office has announced that Right to Rent checks can be completed without meeting tenants during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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by Patrick Garratt - 31st March 2020 right to rent
by Patrick Garratt - 31st March 2020 
Government updates its advice on Right to Rent
The Home Office has updated its advice for landlords on the Right to Rent law, in response to the 'Windrush' scandal.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 27th April 2018 
Tenant fee ban not expected until spring 2019
The government has confirmed that its proposed ban on letting agents and landlords charging fees to tenants wouldn’t come into force until next spring, at the earliest. Previously, many in the property sector anticipated a change as early as October 2018.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 12th January 2018 
The Queen’s Speech 2017 – Update for Landlords
The legislation proposed by Theresa May's new Minority Conservative Government in The Queens' speech includes a number of measures which will effect landlords and tenants.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 25th June 2017 
Changes to Right to Rent and Section 8
Changes to Right to Rent and Section 8 are now in force, thanks to changes in the 2016 Immigration Act. Purple Frog's Managing Director gives a quick overview of the changes and what they mean for manged and let-only clients.
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 2nd December 2016 
Right To Rent – Update
The government have recently announced the roll out of the Right to Rent requirements across the UK; as of 1 February 2016, anyone who lets a private property in England will need to see and make a copy of evidence that any new adult tenant has the right to rent in the UK (for example a passport or a biometric residence permit).
Read more … by Patrick Garratt - 22nd February 2016