Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services.

The Sub Committee received a joint report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services and Chamberlain which provided information of how the City of London Corporation was investigating and tackling Social Housing Tenancy Fraud. It also provided an analysis of the cases investigated by the Anti-Fraud & Investigation Team during the 2015/16 financial year.

Members noted that two fraud preventative measures had been introduced, and 15 illegally sub-let CoL social housing properties had been recovered. In response to Members’ questions, officers advised that the Corporation supported the victim of the illegal sub-let, providing them with advice and information about organisations that could help them (e.g. Citizens Advice Bureaux).

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.