New guidance on house moves for unvaccinated buyers and tenants
The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated buyers and tenants in some specific circumstances.
The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated buyers and tenants in some specific circumstances.
New guidelines issued by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities say that…
...if a buyer or tenant is aged 18 years and six months or more;
...is not fully vaccinated; and
...if they live in the same household as someone who has tested positive for Covid
…then they must legally stay at home and self-isolate.
This would even be during the period when they would have been scheduled to have moved home.
However the guidance goes on to say that if a buyer or tenant is fully vaccinated, or aged less than 18 years and six months, they are not legally required to self-isolate even if they live in the same household as someone with Covid.
In this case the new guidance says: “You are strongly advised to take a Lateral Flow Device test every day for seven days, and to self-isolate if any of these test results is positive.”
This is the first time since the start of the pandemic that the official guidance on house moves makes a distinction between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated buyer or tenant.
If Beaumont Gibbs here any further updates on this, we will of course advise you.