Vague_Boy Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 9.45% sounds like a lot, but doesn't it work out at something like an extra £2 a week? Only if your weekly rent was 21.25 a week. Even a one bed flat costs more than £50 a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Rents are fixed by the simple supply and demand. When more people want a product and there is less of that product the price goes up. Private rents yes, but council rents, even for those that don't qualify for housing benefit, are considerably lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 What has occurred is nothing but theft from the good people of South Yorkshire and the wider UK. Speaking of which: One in five council and housing association tenancies could be fraudulent, according to a study. The finding means there could be 750,000 fraudulent tenancies in England, vastly outstripping the Government’s estimate of 50,000. To measure the extent of the fraud, investigators cross-referenced records of 27,000 tenants from two councils and four housing associations against mortgage and credit databases. In 5,300 cases the investigators found ‘indications of fraud’ – where the tenants show up as having active mortgages, utility bills or records of credit applications at other locations. According to Home Office figures, there are around 3.8million council or housing association homes in England and 1.83million people on the waiting lists. Council tenants must use their property as their sole home. LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Speaking of which: LINK It's worded badly, as usual for the mail. This is because of people subletting council houses at a higher rate - it isn't the tenants committing the fraud, it's their landlords who are subletting to them & taking a profit. The Mail tries to word it like everyone on a council estate has five homes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 A landlord that is illegally subletting a council house is on the books as a tenant presumably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 A landlord that is illegally subletting a council house is on the books as a tenant presumably. Because they have a fraudulent tenancy agreement with the council or housing association due to breaking the terms of it. In reality surely the person actually living there is the tenant? Hopefully the councils & housing associations wont be evicting the people living in these properties, I'd hope they just go after the fraudulent landlords & give the tenants a new tenancy agreement at the proper rate. Otherwise it'll just be the victims that get punished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_andy Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I knew, when I saw the thread title, that it would be you. Did a house push you over and steal your girlfriend when you were young? You're obsessed, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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