Dec 14
30
UK landlords unfamiliar with new immigration checks
Leave a comment »
Published by Property Wire on Tuesday, 23 December 2014
UK landlords do not fully understand the new immigration checks they are being required to undertake and those already doing so are not happy about it, new research shows.
Landlords in the West Midlands are already compelled to check the immigration status of would be tenants under a pilot scheme that is set to be rolled out across the country next year.
However, as study, conducted by online letting agent PropertyLetByUs, has found that nine out of 10 landlords don’t fully understand the immigration checks and a further nine out of 10 landlords believe that the new immigration legislation places too much responsibility on them.
The research also reveals that 100% of landlords intend to rely on their letting agent or reference agency to conduct the checks and 93% of landlords don’t feel confident making the checks themselves.
