In this context, Bromford’s work to address tenancy fraud is helping ensure every home is used as it should be. In 2024/25, housing...

Stirling Council re-allocated eight council homes to people with a genuine housing need in 2024 due to successful tenancy fraud...

An investigation revealed that a Nottingham City Council tenant was fraudulently renting out his property to other tenants while living...

A council tenant who falsely claimed to be eligible for a larger home and additional financial support has been found to have...

An exclusive analysis for LGC finds wide variation in efforts to tackle tenancy fraud, with fraudsters depriving councils of thousands of...

Barnet Council is estimated to have saved more than £2.2 million in temporary accommodation costs by cracking down on social housing...

A Woolwich resident who sublet his council home for almost three years, was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to...

A man from Fulbourn has been given a suspended prison sentence after fraudulently claiming to be homeless to apply for Council housing -...

The former resident illegally sublet his home and gave false details in a Right to Acquire application. This case marks L&Q’s first...

A former PA Housing tenant has been required to repay more than £95,000 following an investigation into the unlawful subletting of her...

A Barking and Dagenham council tenant was sentenced on Monday 31 March to 5 concurrent sentences of 2 years, suspended for 2 years, for...

Councils and housing providers across the North East of England have joined forces to fight social housing fraud, which is depriving...

Local authorities often get a bad press for the standard of their housing services compared to better resourced housing associations. But...

Oxford City Council’s Counter Fraud Team has successfully prosecuted Deborah Cox-Walker, 46, formerly of 22 Wellington Street, for...

On Wednesday 18 December 2024 a Clair GABBITAS (Aged 51) of New Cut, Thorney, Peterborough entered guilty plea to two charges under...

A former Wandsworth Council tenant has been ordered to pay back more than £23,000 after subletting her social housing property without...

Southwark Council has secured an Unlawful Profit Order of nearly £40,000 against a tenant who illegally sublet a Walworth property for...

Bedford Borough Council’s Investigation Service has successfully prosecuted a tenant for illegally subletting a social housing property....

A Wolverhampton Homes tenant who turned landlord and sublet their 1 bedroom flat in Castlecroft has been given a community order by...

A fraudster conned the taxpayer out of £24,000 by illegally renting out their social house for years. The fraud was uncovered in 2022...