Monday, 5 September 2016

Town Hall Halt Right To Buy Council Home Deals

Fourteen Right to Buy deals for Camden Council homes have been halted by fraud investigators amid suspicions they were set up by people looking to cheat the system. The cases were revealed in a new report circulated at the Town Hall, which also shows that the council has seen an increase in potential fraudulent applications over the last financial year. The rise matches a trend that has seen local authorities across the country report more fraud cases than ever before, and coincides with the increased discounts made available by the government to tenants looking to buy ownership of their council homes. Read more on the Camden New Journal website.

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