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City Council cracks down on tenancy fraud
Milton Keynes City Council has returned 30 council homes to families in need, following an investigation which revealed the properties...
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Sep 19, 20241 min read


Islington Council wins back £260,000 in landmark tenancy fraud case
A former Islington Council tenant has been ordered to pay back more than a quarter of a million pounds after fraudulently taking on a...
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Sep 19, 20241 min read


Social housing tenant ordered to pay £40,000 in compensation
A social housing tenant has been ordered to pay £40,000 in compensation after pleading guilty to illegally subletting her Barnet...
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Sep 6, 20241 min read


Council tenants are illegally renting their homes out on Airbnb for up to £9,000 a month in con that is costing taxpayer £244m a year
A Barking and Dagenham council audit revealed that one tenant was evicted in July after their council-owned property was found listed on...
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Aug 29, 20241 min read


Council tenant pleads guilty to subletting a council home
A man has pleaded guilty to tenancy fraud after unlawfully subletting his council flat in Selly Oak by advertising the property for rent...
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Aug 22, 20241 min read


Lambeth takes back council homes from fraudulent tenants
Lambeth is seizing back scores of fraudulently rented council homes, as part of its drive to increase the number of properties available...
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Jul 29, 20241 min read


Man sentenced for social housing fraud
A man who unlawfully attempted to secure social housing has been required to complete 25 days of rehabilitation activities and ordered to...
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Jul 29, 20241 min read


Swindon council's fraud team saves taxpayer millions
An article from the Swindon Advertiser relating to results of Swindon Councils fraud investigations for 2023/24, including social housing...
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Jul 29, 20241 min read


Council investigators in Stoke-on-Trent uncovered 142 fraud cases last year
An article in the Stoke Nub News outlining Stoke-On-Trent City Councils fraud results for 2023/24. According to the article housing fraud...
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Jul 29, 20241 min read


Social housing fraudster receives 24-month Community Order and forced to pay council compensation
The London Borough of Barnet has successfully prosecuted a tenant for illegally subletting their one-bedroom social housing property in...
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Jul 23, 20241 min read


Resident faces £6,000 bill for fraudulently letting out his council house
A man from Impington near Cambridge has been convicted for subletting his council house for more than two years while living abroad. The...
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Jul 11, 20241 min read


Counter Fraud Team Regains Homes
An article from the Hillingdon People magazine, highlighting the results attained by Hillingdon Council Counter Fraud Team relating to...
Katrina Robinson
May 21, 20241 min read


English regulator is ‘turning a wilful blind eye’ to tenancy fraud, experts warn
In a recent article from Inside Housing following their attendance at the TFF Conference on the 15 May, a non-executive director at the...
Katrina Robinson
May 21, 20241 min read


The unreported world of tenancy fraud
A very interesting article in HQM online which contains statistics from the Regulator of Social Housing relating to reported tenancy...
Katrina Robinson
Apr 30, 20241 min read


Tackling housing fraud in Enfield ‘really important’ for council
Read more about Enfield Councils approach to tackling housing fraud at Tackling housing fraud in Enfield 'really important' for council -...
Katrina Robinson
Apr 25, 20241 min read


Luton man admits illegally subletting Houghton Regis council house in his name
A man from Luton has admitted to illegally subletting his council property in Houghton Regis, with the tenants paying him rent for around...
Katrina Robinson
Apr 10, 20241 min read


H&F Anti-Fraud Team bust international housing fraudster
H&F Council’s Anti-Fraud Team investigators have helped evict and prosecute a housing fraudster in Fulham. The offender was sentenced to...
Katrina Robinson
Mar 16, 20241 min read


SNG secures record Unlawful Profit Order of £136,000 against London tenancy fraudster
SNG has been awarded £136,000 plus costs by securing an Unlawful Profit Order against a London tenant found to be subletting a social...
Katrina Robinson
Feb 14, 20241 min read


Harrow Fraud: Council diverts £350,000 as four properties recovered
An article in Harrow online on 20 December has stated that during November 2023, a series of fraud investigations in the borough saw four...
Katrina Robinson
Dec 28, 20231 min read


Social housing fraud is costing you millions
You may or may not have seen this during fraud awareness week, but Inside Housing published an article by Wells Chomutare, Managing...
Katrina Robinson
Dec 1, 20231 min read
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