Legislation aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from
renting properties is fuelling a black market in forged IDs. Under Right to
Rent rules landlords must check the immigration status of new tenants. But
criminal gangs are helping undocumented immigrants flout the law by them
selling fake documents. A Home Affairs spokesperson said landlords were not
expected to be experts in spotting forged documents. However, David Smith of
Anthony Gold Solicitors, who specialises in landlord and tenant law, said this
lack of expertise was problematic. "They (landlords) do not have the
knowledge or skills to do the job properly. I've never met a landlord who can
tell a valid Liechtenstein passport from a forgery," he told the BBC. Read
more on the BBC website.
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