Landlord Trend: Government required tenant checks

EnglishflagForeign law may make its way to America

I want to alert landlords to a disturbing trend that has hit European landlords and could hop the pond.  Probably in response to refugees and/or immigrants, England passed, as part of its Immigration Act of 2014,  a law known as “right to rent“.  I know, my readers are already thinking – this must be a pro-tenant law.  Maybe a tenant’s bill of rights or something like that?  Nope.  Just the opposite.  Instead, English landlords are being required to perform what amount to immigration checks on their tenants. 

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