Written Question·Home Office·UIN 34310
Private Rented Housing: Vetting
Tabled: 27 February 2025
Answered: 6 March 2025
Question
Marsha De Cordova
Labour — Battersea
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
Seema MalhotraThe 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...
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