Tendring District Council
Amnesty and Audit Policies produce savings of more than £50,000 – 5 properties discovered abandoned or sub-let:
https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/council/news-pr/news-listing/check-council-tenants-results-more-£50000-savings-so-far-key-amnesty
http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/clacton_frinton_news/16071054.Major_fraud_crackdown_in_Tendring_saves___50k/
Haringey London Borough Council
Proposing to review levels of under-occupation in its housing stock, and root out tenancy fraud and sub-letting to help reduce homelessness in the borough:
http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/16089068.council-pledges-to-do-more-for-boroughs-homeless/
Barnet London Borough Council
12 month sentence for tenant who had never moved into allocated property and had rather sub-let to a family member:
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/crime-court/housing-officer-julie-miah-jailed-for-subletting-east-finchley-council-house-1-5409454
https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/news/Tenancy-fraudster-jailed.html
Author: Andrew Lane
I am a public law and housing barrister at Cornerstone Barristers and was called to the Bar in 1999. Before that I worked in the voluntary and statutory sectors in the welfare benefit, debt and housing fields. I was also, for 4 years, a local authority councillor on Oxford City Council, which included a spell as chair of the Housing Committee. I am the author of ‘Cornerstone on Social Housing Fraud’ and am presently writing the 3rd Edition.
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