Private Rented Housing: Vetting
Commons · Question 34310 · Tabled 27 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Marsha De Cordova
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of right to rent checks on non-UK passport holders on (a) the private rental sector and (b) levels of homelessness in Battersea.
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 6 Mar 2025
The Right to Rent Scheme was introduced to ensure only those lawfully in the United Kingdom can access the private rented sector, and to tackle unscrupulous landlords who exploit vulnerable migrants, sometimes in very poor living conditions.The Scheme app...