Right To Rent made easier by PropTech link

PropTech supplier Goodlord has announced a partnership with an identity verification technology service which would allow agents to conduct digital Right To Rent checks on British and Irish citizens.

Right To Rent legislation changed late last year to allow letting agents and landlords in England to use certified identity service providers to carry out checks on British and Irish citizens remotely on their behalf, using identity verification technology.

The Goodlord group will offer its certified Right To Rent service through the Vouch platform from next month. This service will also be made available through the Goodlord platform itself in the next few months.

This service will be offered as an add-on to its current referencing checks for users of the platforms. Powered by Credas, it will include ID fraud checks, documentation verification and ‘liveness detection’ checks, which can detect whether a face is real or fake.

The companies claim that the new partnership will reduce the amount of time letting agents spend screening tenants while remaining compliant with the latest government guidelines.

Tom Goodman, managing director of Vouch, comments: "The last few years has seen an acceleration in the digitisation of right to rent checks. We know that letting agents, landlords, and tenants have welcomed this as it reduces admin and brings lettings into the 21st century.

“Our partnership with Credas means we can take this a step further - integrating IDVT with our current referencing process and cutting out the middleman for letting agents."

And Tim Barnett, chief executive at Credas, adds: "At a time when customer verification is more important than ever for a whole host of reasons, our technology allows stakeholders throughout the property and legal industries and beyond to be truly compliant in knowing their customer and mitigating their vulnerability in an easy ‘plug and play’ way.”