{"id":1110,"date":"2013-10-11T13:04:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T13:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2013-10-11T13:04:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T13:04:08","slug":"rla-and-nla-express-concerns-about-governments-immigration-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/rla-and-nla-express-concerns-about-governments-immigration-plans.html","title":{"rendered":"RLA and NLA Express Concerns about Government&#8217;s Immigration Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the government first revealed plans to make UK <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/demos.html\">landlords<\/a> responsible for checking the immigration status of tenants, there was a largely negative response from many quarters. Unfortunately, the proposals look set to become a reality by next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unhappy Landlords<\/strong><br \/>\nThe RLA carried out a study amongst its members and found that an overwhelming majority (82%) were deeply unhappy about being asked to verify whether potential tenants are allowed to be in the country. Most felt that such a proposal would be very damaging to landlord-tenant relationships. The NLA also expressed a great deal of concern about the proposals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Passport Controls<\/strong><br \/>\nThe final details have not yet been established, but the RLA says that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/video.property_essentials.html#watch-demo-anchor\">landlords<\/a> will probably be expected to check tenants&#8217; passports and keep a copy of it on file. However, one of the fundamental problems with this proposal is that not everyone has a passport. Many poorer people living on benefits can\u2019t afford to apply for a passport let alone travel abroad, so the situation becomes a lot more problematic. As such, the RLA are very critical of the government&#8217;s plans to deal with the immigration problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a Government committed to reducing the burden of red tape it is ironic that they are now seeking to impose a significant extra burden on landlords making them scapegoats for the UK Border Agency\u2019s failings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Government Support for Landlords<\/strong><br \/>\nThe government is expected to provide some support for landlords to help them achieve compliance. This is likely to include a telephone support line and email service, plus a fast-track option so migrants can obtain the necessary documentation for landlords.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the government first revealed plans to make UK landlords responsible for checking the immigration status of tenants, there was a largely negative response from many quarters. Unfortunately, the proposals look set to become a reality by next year. Unhappy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/rla-and-nla-express-concerns-about-governments-immigration-plans.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1112,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/1112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}