Types of tenancy fraud, why and how we tackle it, report it. Check your rights if you're a subtenant of a sublet social home.
Our specialist housing investigations investigates allegations of tenancy fraud. They help the residents services team combat tenancy fraud.
The team of qualified fraud investigators investigates all types of tenancy fraud.
Since 2012 we've repossessed over 1,700 properties because of some form of tenancy fraud.
We check all applications for housing, assignment, succession, mutual exchange and Right to Buy, to make sure they're legitimate.
This can include credit reference agency checks to verify identity and residency.
We carry out a home visit and tenancy audit on all tenancies.
We check the property is occupied in accordance with the tenancy agreement.
We take part in data matching to combat tenancy fraud and other fraud against the Council.
We take part in National Fraud Initiative data matching.