<p>Landlords will be expected to evict tenants who lose the right to live in England under new UK government measures to crack down on illegal immigration.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They will be able to end tenancies, sometimes without a court order, when asylum requests fail and will also be required to check a migrant's status in advance of agreeing a lease. Repeat offenders could face up to five years in prison.<br /><br />"The government will crack down on rogue landlords who make money out of illegal immigration," said UK communities minister Greg Clark.<br /><br />"We will also require them to meet their basic responsibilities as landlords, cracking down on those who rent out dangerous, dirty and overcrowded properties," he said.<br /><br />The proposals - to be be included in the upcoming Immigration Bill - come as the British and French governments struggle to deal with a migrant crisis in France's Calais town where large numbers of people are making nightly bids to cross the English Channel to reach the UK.<br /><br />Under the proposals for landlords in England, the UK Home Office would issue a notice when an asylum application fails that confirms the tenant no longer has the right to rent property.<br /><br />This will trigger a power for landlords to end the tenancy, without a court order in some circumstances.<br /><br />Landlords will also be required to carry out "right to rent" checks on each tenant's immigration status before allowing them to move in.<br /><br />Financial support for failed asylum seekers will also end under the new plans.<br />Some 10,000 asylum seekers each currently continue to receive a taxpayer-funded allowance of 36 pounds a week despite their applications having been rejected, because they are living in the UK with their families. <br /></p>
<p>Landlords will be expected to evict tenants who lose the right to live in England under new UK government measures to crack down on illegal immigration.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They will be able to end tenancies, sometimes without a court order, when asylum requests fail and will also be required to check a migrant's status in advance of agreeing a lease. Repeat offenders could face up to five years in prison.<br /><br />"The government will crack down on rogue landlords who make money out of illegal immigration," said UK communities minister Greg Clark.<br /><br />"We will also require them to meet their basic responsibilities as landlords, cracking down on those who rent out dangerous, dirty and overcrowded properties," he said.<br /><br />The proposals - to be be included in the upcoming Immigration Bill - come as the British and French governments struggle to deal with a migrant crisis in France's Calais town where large numbers of people are making nightly bids to cross the English Channel to reach the UK.<br /><br />Under the proposals for landlords in England, the UK Home Office would issue a notice when an asylum application fails that confirms the tenant no longer has the right to rent property.<br /><br />This will trigger a power for landlords to end the tenancy, without a court order in some circumstances.<br /><br />Landlords will also be required to carry out "right to rent" checks on each tenant's immigration status before allowing them to move in.<br /><br />Financial support for failed asylum seekers will also end under the new plans.<br />Some 10,000 asylum seekers each currently continue to receive a taxpayer-funded allowance of 36 pounds a week despite their applications having been rejected, because they are living in the UK with their families. <br /></p>