A London council has reported it has saved nearly £7.5 million by taking possession of a record number of unlawfully sublet homes. Camden says it has seized 100 council homes in the last year, which had been unlawfully sublet by tenants. The homes will be allocated to some of the 17,000 people who are on Camden’s social housing waiting list. In November housing minister John Healey launched a subletting crack down. This included the offer of a £500 reward for the first 1,000 people to provide information leading to the recovery of an unlawfully sublet property. The Audit Commission has estimated that as many as 50,000 social homes could be unlawfully sublet. Read the full story on the Inside Housing website.
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