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Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has started what is described as an official inspection of Right To Rent. Legislation...

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation alleges that student tenants are discriminated against by landlords on the basis of...

Almost a fifth of British citizens could find it harder to access rental property, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...

The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...

Right To Rent is encouraging discrimination against international students according to a student lts online service.    Government figures marking the first anniversary...

A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...

So, Britain voted out of the European Union. What are the implications for UK landlords, from the immigration laws point of...

A campaign group in the north east London borough of Hackney claims to have ‘mystery shopped’ 50 letting agents and has...

A Liberal Democrat peer has accused the government of being “a bit rich” in its willingness to jail letting agents or...

The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...

Another letting agent has spoken out at the threat of the new Right to Rent legislation leading to possible discrimination against...

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...

An immigration lawyer has criticised the government’s Right to Rent scheme - officially starting today - for having little impact but...

The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...

Labour will today ask Home Secretary Theresa May to publish the result of the Right To Rent pilot project amidst claims...

Right To Rent immigration checks is leading to a situation where lawful tenants are being refused housing according to the Residential...

Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...

A lawyer has raised the spectre of letting agents and landlords possibly facing accusation of discrimination when the government’s Right To...

The immigration charity the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants says it is working with a range of other bodies...