The government faces a possible challenge to its “hostile environment” policy after a campaign group won the right to launch a high court case against the Home Office’s scheme obliging landlords to check the immigration of would-be tenants.
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), a long-time critic of the hardline policy – now renamed the “compliant environment” – sought permission from the high court to challenge the “right to rent” scheme.
Satbir Singh, the chief executive of the JCWI, said he was delighted the court had granted the application on Wednesday. “Like many other aspects of the hostile environment, the right to rent creates real risks of discrimination,” he said.
