The new proposed legislation in this weeks Queen's Speech making landlords accountable for letting to any illegal immigrant could have an effect on their decision making.
For those landlords who currently send out for professional tenant checks the proposed changes will have little to no effect. The immigration check will no doubt be thrown in as part of the tenant checking process, so maybe landlords will see an increase in charges of maybe a quid, or two, per check.
For those landlords who still let without a professional tenant check - the 'shake hands and look me in the eye' type of tenant checker, we could well see their judgements be altered by these new proposals.
Let's be honest, given a choice between a tenant with a local accent, and another tenant with pigeon English, these landlords will be given even more reason to go with the local. Which will only make the life of any legal immigrants who are trying to make a new start in our country, even more difficult than it already is.
Get a tenant reference
No comments:
Post a Comment