New figures from L&Q reveal how they are delving deeper into the problem of property misuse
Posted 16.11.23
L&Q: Further reading
L&Q successfully recovered 179 social homes as they put significant investment and resources into tackling tenancy fraud.
With each case costing the taxpayer around £43,000, L&Q has saved the public purse an estimated £7.5m and gone from being one of the lowest performing G15 members in tackling tenancy fraud to the best performing landlord in the network.
Data has been captured since January 2022, when L&Q created a dedicated team of four qualified investigators and one manager.
From January 2022 to September 2023, the housing association received 1,364 referrals, all of which had desktop investigations completed at a minimum, made 320 out-of-hours visits to homes identified as fraud risks, conducted over 27 interviews with half under caution, served 78 notices, and issued four unlawful profit orders totalling almost £165,000.
Research published by the Fraud Advisory Panel and Tenancy Fraud Forum earlier this year revealed that at least 148,000 social homes could be subject to some form of tenancy fraud.
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