A scheme to fine landlords for renting homes to illegal
immigrants has caught just seven people since it was launched in the Black
Country. The government chose Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall, as
well as neighbouring Birmingham, to pilot tougher rules on the right to rent,
threatening them with £3,000 fines if they do not maintain strict checks. But
since it was launched last December only seven people have been prosecuted and
fined an average of £800 each. The Home Office said it was 'currently the
subject of an evaluation which will be published in due course'. But a Freedom
of Information Act request has revealed the current figures across the whole of
the Black Country and Birmingham. Read more on the Express and Star website.
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