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Home Office updates draft landlord right to rent checks guide from 6 April 2022

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Published on: 14 March 2022

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LNB News 14/03/2022

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Issue Date: 14 March 2022

Published Date: 14 March 2022

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Home Office has published a new draft version of its landlord right to rent checks guidance document which comes into force on 6 April 2022. The latest updates concern the changes to the way Biometric Residence Card, Biometric Residence Permit and Frontier Worker Permit holders prove their right to rent in England, the acceptable documents listed in Annex A to the guidance, the use of Identity Service Providers by landlords to carry out digital identity verification as part of a right to rent check, and the extension to the coronavirus (COVID-19) temporary adjusted right to rent checks until 30 September 2022.

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