A key plank of Theresa May’s Hostile Environment immigration policy has been declared unlawful in a damning ruling handed down by Mr Justice Spencer at the High Court today. 
The Right to Rent scheme requires private landlords to check the immigration status of tenants and potential tenants and can result in them facing unlimited fines or even a prison sentence for renting to undocumented migrants.  
JCWI has long warned that these measures increase discrimination for people of colour, people with accents and people with foreign names who will be asked to prove their immigration status even if they’ve lived here their whole lives.  
That’s why we took the Government to court and asked Sajid Javid to justify his and Theresa May’s reckless policy.  
The Court declared the scheme unlawful – ruling that it causes unacceptable racial discrimination.  
Mr Justice Spencer found that: 

Requiri…