A survey by the Residential Landlords Association reveals that nearly one in five private landlords is wary of renting to nationals of other European Union member states because of government rules on letting to people who are not British citizens.
The right to rent scheme came into effect last year and requires landlords to ensure tenants have a legal right to be in the country.
Ministers need to urgently set out steps to be taken to enable landlords to easily identify which EU nationals will and won’t have the right to rent, RLA policy director David Smith said.
