Council Given Funds to Tackle Social Housing Fraud

Harrow Council's housing fraud team is among a group of council investigators to be awarded additional funding to tackle social housing fraud. The Government funding will be used to bolster Harrow Council's corporate fraud team and Housing Management Team so the authority can take full advantage of the new law. Harrow Council is one of the leading authorities in the country when it comes to detecting housing tenancy fraud. In 'protecting the Public Purse' 2012, the Audit Commission highlights Harrow for its outstanding work, compared to local authorities outside of London, where more than half failed to recover a single property from unlawful tenants last year.  Read more on the Harrow Council website.