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Landlords to be responsible for vetting migrant tenants

Sampong
Sampong Posts: 870 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10042767/Landlords-told-vet-migrant-tenants.html

Obviously somebody in authority considers there to be an issue.....

which is surprising since it is widely accepted that immigration brings only benefits and no problems.

According to some on here anyway...
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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Sampong wrote: »
    Obviously somebody in authority considers there to be an issue.....

    I don't think anyone objects to the government cracking down on illegal immigration.
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    What if the landlords are illegal immigrants?
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    This is just passing the buck. It will make no difference to anything. Already the idea is to shovel the requirement onto the letting agents, and letting agents are not regulated.
  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    Thats killed the shed rental business in Hounslow and Ealing then.
  • Mr._Pricklepants
    Mr._Pricklepants Posts: 1,311 Forumite
    All for cracking down on illegal immigration, but this should not be a task for landlords.

    We could start fining butchers for selling cumberland sausages to illegals also?
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Seems fair enough when employers can be prosecuted for giving work to illegals.
  • N1AK
    N1AK Posts: 2,903 Forumite
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    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    This is just passing the buck. It will make no difference to anything. Already the idea is to shovel the requirement onto the letting agents, and letting agents are not regulated.

    There's nothing wrong with passing the buck, especially if it means the job gets done and we don't have to pay for it. Contracts are already required so put in place a £1,000 fine for any contract agreed with an illegal immigrant. Doesn't matter if the agents are regulated or not.

    That said it is pointless but for completely different reasons. If illegals can't get a contract themselves then they'll get them by getting a legal to apply, by using fake ID etc.

    A lot of what the government is doing on immigration is pretty pointless but then it has to be seen to be doing something to try and pacify xenophobes ;)
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  • N1AK
    N1AK Posts: 2,903 Forumite
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    Mr._Pricklepants wrote: »
    We could start fining butchers for selling cumberland sausages to illegals also?

    Or shops for selling knives / alcohol / cigarettes to children!? :p If that kind of madness takes off you soon wouldn't be able to buy car tax from the post office without having valid insurance; it's madness!
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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    UKBA in "not doing its own job if it can pass the buck" shock
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • olly300
    olly300 Posts: 14,738 Forumite
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    ruggedtoast wrote: »
    Thats killed the shed rental business in Hounslow and Ealing then.

    Some of those in the sheds are legal immigrants.

    Unfortunately employers, landlords, businesses and others take advantage of people who while they may be able to speak and read English, don't know how this country functions.

    Illegal immigrants are likely to either live with relations or room share.
    I'm not cynical I'm realistic :p

    (If a link I give opens pop ups I won't know I don't use windows)
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