Home Office Consults on Right to Rent and Right to Work Discrimination Codes - Deadline 29 April
15 Apr 2026
If you are on a BNO, Skilled Worker, or Family visa, two consultations published today directly affect how landlords must verify your right to rent a home and how employers must verify your right to work. The Home Office has opened a 14-day public consultation on updated draft codes of practice for both — and is asking for views from anyone affected, including tenants and workers who have experienced problems with these checks.
Right to rent checks require landlords to verify that tenants have the legal right to live in the UK before letting a property. Right to work checks require employers to confirm that workers have permission to work. Both currently rely on a code of practice setting out how landlords and employers must conduct these checks without discriminating against people on the basis of nationality or immigration status. People with time-limited leave — which includes everyone on a BNO, Skilled Worker, or Family visa — have legal protection against being refused tenancies or jobs simply because their leave expires before the end of a tenancy or employment period. In practice, some landlords and employers still avoid people with limited leave, which is unlawful. The updated codes aim to address this.
If you have experienced a landlord refusing to rent to you because of your visa type, or an employer making the right to work process unnecessarily difficult for you as a visa holder, you can respond to either or both consultations directly. You do not need to be an employer or landlord to submit a response — experiences from tenants and workers are directly relevant. The Home Office is accepting responses by email to [email protected] until 11:59pm on 29 April 2026.
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