Here’s a summary of the update on Right to Rent checks given by Rightmove’s Legal & Compliance Director David Cox on our News Hour webinar in March 2022. Click here to watch the replay here including the full Q&A where David answers dozens of questions from agents. You can also sign up for our next session to stay on top of other upcoming legislative changes.
The temporary measures put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic that said Right to Rent checks could be conducted over video calls, instead of in person, have been extended until 1st October 2022. These had previously been announced to come to an end in April.
The government’s reason for this is to give you more time to adapt your processes ahead of the introduction of Identification Document Validation Technology (IDVT). Specifically, they have said:
“Deferring the … date … ensures landlords have sufficient time to develop commercial relationships with identity service providers, make the necessary changes to their pre-tenancy checking processes and carry out responsible on-boarding of their chosen provider … or … put measures in place to enable face to face document checks if they do not wish to adopt digital checks for British and Irish citizens”.
From 1st October, you’ll no longer be able to validate somebody’s Right to Rent via a video call.
Read the full government guidance here
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