Applicant decision check

How does a landlord choose without platform ranking?

Move to Own UK keeps applications open to people who pass the same disclosed verification floor. The platform does not score, rank, or recommend an applicant. Landlord makes the final decision using relevant, recorded criteria, while completing Right to Rent checks for every adult occupier and avoiding unlawful discrimination in advertising, checks, terms, and selection.

Reviewed 9 September 2026 · England route

GOV.UK requires England landlords to check every prospective adult tenant, not only people they believe are non-British. The Home Office code explains how to avoid race discrimination during those checks. As of 1 May 2026, separate Renters' Rights Act guidance also prohibits unfair treatment because a renter has children or receives benefits, subject to the legislation's scope and exceptions.

Verification and selection are different jobs. Verification can confirm that stated evidence meets a common floor. Selection weighs the landlord's lawful, property-relevant preferences among verified applications. Mixing commercial referral value or opaque automated rankings into that decision would undermine landlord control and create unfairness that the bet explicitly rejects.

What should a fair decision record show?

Record enough to explain process without retaining unnecessary sensitive details. Applicant data belongs in restricted systems, never a public page or analytics event.

Published property facts, rent, option terms, occupancy bounds, application window, and same verification requirements for everyone.
Right to Rent check route and completion status for every adult who will occupy, using current Home Office guidance.
Relevant evidence such as affordability or references gathered consistently and only to the extent lawfully required.
Landlord's chosen applicant, objective property-related reasons, conflicts disclosed, and decision date.
Decline communications that avoid sensitive detail, ranking language, guaranteed acceptance, or reasons based on protected status.

A neutral application sequence

State rules before seeing candidates. Changing criteria after recognising an applicant creates poor evidence and inconsistent treatment.

Publish accurate property and route terms with a defined application window and common evidence list.
Accept applications without selling priority, hidden boosts, or commercial-provider preference.
Apply the same verification process and provide a valid route for Home Office checks where required.
Present verified applications without platform score or recommendation, then let landlord decide.
Record decision and progress only the chosen applicant into solicitor-reviewed tenancy and option work.

Which practices should stop selection?

Criteria exclude or disadvantage applicants for unlawful reasons or are applied inconsistently.
Right to Rent checks target only people assumed to be foreign or omit an adult occupier.
Platform, introducer, or provider tries to sell ranking, acceptance, or preferred placement.
Landlord cannot state a relevant basis for the decision or asks the platform to decide instead.

Platform boundary

What Move to Own UK does

Move to Own UK defines a neutral verification floor, shows qualifying applications without ranking, and records the landlord's final choice. It does not guarantee eligibility, make the decision, sell applicant priority, or use buyer payments to influence selection.

Common questions

Does Move to Own UK recommend the strongest buyer?

No. Buyer finance years later is uncertain and the platform does not rank applicants. It verifies the disclosed floor and leaves final choice to the landlord.

Must every adult complete a Right to Rent check?

GOV.UK says landlords must check all prospective adult occupiers in England, subject to current exemptions and approved check routes. Apply the process consistently.

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