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Right to Rent is the name given to a UK Government policy contained in the Immigration Act 2016 [1] [2] whereby landlords in England have to check the immigration status of tenants they rent properties to, and deny lodgings to those who cannot prove they are permitted to live in a rented home. [3]
Rent regulation in England and Wales is the part of English land law that creates rights and obligations for tenants and landlords. The main areas of regulation concern: the mechanisms for regulating prices (historically called " rent control ").
The history of rent control in England and Wales is a part of English land law concerning the development of rent regulation in England and Wales.Controlling the prices that landlords could make their tenants pay formed the main element of rent regulation, and was in place from 1915 until its abolition (excluding some council houses) by the Housing Act 1988.
The only legally recognised documents proving an individual's right of abode in the UK are the following: [10] a British passport describing the holder as a British citizen or as a British subject with the right of abode; a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode in the UK, which has been issued by the UK government or on its behalf
Under the old Rent Act 1977 and Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, these were much more significant, in particular providing controls on escalating rental prices and granting a right to not have a tenancy ended without a good justification (an equivalent to the right to unfair dismissal in UK labour law).
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A Rent Repayment Order (RRO) [1] is an order in the United Kingdom that allows a tenant or local authority [2] to reclaim rent or housing benefit [2] where a landlord rents out an unlicensed property [3] such as a House in multiple occupation (HMO). [4]
An Act to consolidate the Rent Act 1968, Parts III, IV and VIII of the Housing Finance Act 1972, the Rent Act 1974, sections 7 to 10 of the Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975, and certain related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission. Citation: 1977 c. 42: Territorial extent England and Wales: Dates