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Overview
This briefing provides supplementary evidence to our briefing of 25 March 2020, which was submitted to the Committee and can also be found here.
It provides brief additional evidence on:

The Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Right to Rent case, confirming that it causes racial discrimination in the housing market and the government’s disappointing response;
b. The Minimum Income Requirement for spouse visas, the subject being touched upon during the oral evidence session of 21 April 2020;

Right to Rent
The Court of Appeal has allowed the government’s appeal in the right to rent case. Last year the High Court had found that the government’s scheme requiring landlords to verify the immigration status of their tenants violated human rights law because it caused racial discrimination. The majority in the Court of Appeal found:

The High Court was correct to say the scheme caused racial discrimination – “I ha…