Worst part is if you're in need of legitimate housing they out right let you down. Two years ago I was being evicted by a fucked up landlord in one day and the council, universal credit or job centers wouldn't help. Bare in mind this was during the pandemic, I have always had a job and only been on the benefit system for less than a year in total. But due to the fact that I had 0 cash, I wasent able to rent a property and the council wouldnt even agree to pay my rents deposit let alone provide me with social housing..... The system only works for those who are "educated" how to use it and once you know the valleys fuck social housing they'd put you in no 10 downing Street
Nope, it's a very simple cost-benefit analysis. Take the changes to disability benefit for example, that actually cost more money than it saved and represented a much smaller operation than it would be to check all housing applicants. These shows are interesting because they're rare cases. You can't prevent all crime without living in a hugely resource intensive police state.
@Herbie that's awful! Hope you were able to stay with friends or family. Same here in Ireland, there's some who just know the system and get absolutely everything!
In America it isn't any better. (I hate to say this) but if your are a P.O.C. or a minority they(the government) throw shit at you. Even if you don't need it. I know an illegal immigrant who gets food stamps(and other aid) for her and like 12 other people and she gets 2 grand (if not more)in food stamps. When I applied for housing they told me it was a 12yr wait. But a Hispanic family came right behind me and got a property. It's a sad state of affairs.
So people like this can get council housing with no problems whatsover. Just taking her at her word. But someone trying to reclaim their house from illegal squatters have to go through absolute hell.
I'm very sorry to read this. would You mind elaborating in some details? +please note it's not easy for Everybody to get social housing. they treat single People without Kids like shit, even vulnerable People suffering from mental health issues+being in a difficult emergency situation; I was threatened with homelessness and they refused to help Me, when I was in a very bad situation-I had no money, I was signed off work by my Doctor. regards.
Agree. And six months in jail only means 2-3 months actual time inside anyway. A few years earning £900 plus a month plus whatever else. It makes sense to do this as opposed to finding a job and paying tax. There is no incentive to go to work when one can abuse the system and just get a slap on the wrist. I have been going about life the wrong way obviously.
Every person who applies for government housing should have a background check done to make sure that there is no other properties in their name, it should be mandatory. The fact that they don’t do this just blows my mind.
Go back to the enquirer or something, what is the matter with you?? Do you think people should be punished for the rest of their lives? People also has an instinct called survivial
Why isn't there periodic inspections of the properties to verify tenancy? Why isn't there better checks on the application before granting a home and a national registry of tenants to prevent multiple houses from being given to a tenant? Current system is only asking for fraud. Close the loop holes.
IKR? “The lying tenant, who made thousands by subletting his social housing unit, received a sternly worded letter from the council. Also, he received a disapproving look as he left the courtroom” British justice!
@@cheechalker8430 exactly. I saw one guy that did all of the above and then asked for a letter of recommendation for his next council house. That’s entitlement and it’s only getting worse!!
These people sicken me - not only are they raking it in financially but also jumping the housing queue where genuine people requiring social housing are waiting. Hipkiss's sentence was far too lenient in my opinion. She should have received a custodial sentence. Not a serious offence? Really? Depriving needy and genuine people of a home and profitting on it as well is disgusting. These scammers should be put in prison - its a crime and a serious crime at that,
@@courtneyhoy9161 they don’t have enough staff in the council to do all the relevant checks. Only when they get tip offs they strait to check as it goes to the fraud squad.
@@suilvenmountain2395 Wonder the same. In Sweden all registrations of real estate purchases are registred by a state agency (it also register liabilities for that property be it right of path, water or secured loans obtained by owner) and the information is public for private persons as well as authorities like municipal agencies of various sorts. This would be cheaper, easier and quicker than establishing where people actually live or not.
there usually bought the money however of where it came from is another story you need to channel your energy into buying the properties they rent out they dont mess on with social housing they buy bond street mate
@@chrisy6707 hahaha i am saying how can someone own a home via bought off the council and they still rent another one to them? plus they are investigating people who have came here to work only! they have no intension of staying which means there also taking the money out of this country
I know a guy who lived for 11 years in Koh Samui, Thailand, on the sub-let profit from his London council house. He got caught in the end as the council visited in connection with house renovation and the tenant told them they were at the wrong place, his was a private let. My mate was a housing officer in charge of a notorious part of my district. He knocked the door of every single house he was responsible for. The tenants that were doing the right thing, he introduced himself and left. The tenants in arrears ( plenty ) he gave them all 90 days to pay then issued eviction notices to all of them. He did evict two tenants, and the rest raced to pay their arrears as they would have been rehoused in a horrible caravan park. He had dozens of houses where no one ever answered at any time of day. He got court orders for all of them and had the bailiffs break in. Many were empty, others with some furniture but unused. Most of these were people claiming they were separated from their partners while living in their marital home, getting higher benefits. He invited the DHSS to inspect the properties and they prosecuted four people out of about 50 empty properties. Many handed their houses back to avoid prosecution. What's my point? People will always try to work the system. The system is at fault as there's no way a tenant should go 11 years ( Koh Samui guy ) without a visit from a housing officer. There should be an annual at home meeting so the housing officer can check the property and the tenant can point out any defects. Thousands of good families are homeless because housing officers can't be bothered doing their jobs. It's as simple as that.
agree they should also check everything before giving council homes to people on their say so - check land registry, their bank, postal system see where mail goes, DVLA addy on license if have one, car reg etc. - and connect all computer systems so when they put a person in with their DOB and (do you have Social Security #'s ?) anything connecting the person to government systems, homes, banking - they'd probably find a lot of people who are 100% lying on apps and they would not be eligible for the home. It is pitiful that someone from another country can come to UK and get a council home (another episode) they should be at bottom of list - actually they should be sent back to their country (guy ended up doing jail time, costing UK tax payers more money, then deported ) And why do these people who get caught out not have to pay back every single penny they bilked the system for and the ones that sublet should also have to pay the tenant they sublet to, all their rent back as they scammed them.
1ce upon a time, when I was looking for a room to rent, I called on an ad I found at a shop-window, I arranged for viewing. the Owner was a Taxi-Driver and offered to pick Me up and take Me there, free of charge, He wasn't charging Me for the ride. it was made clear to Me that I'd be sharing with 1 other Person, that I would have the bedroom and the other Tenant had the bedroom made out of the livingroom. upon arrival it became clear to Me that it was most likely a council flat [1-bedroom flat made into 2 bedroom]. -unless the original Tenant, now my potential Landlord, had bought that property of the council. I did viewing, I then told the Owner that before moving in I'd like to meet the other Tenant and get to know a little bit, so He gave Me her number. I called Her that afternoon and We met at the flat for a cup of coffee. during the conversation, She told Me there was no written contract, but that if I had a problem with rent, He'd be lenient. -at that point I saw this opportunity as not very safe place to be because likely He wasn't the Owner, and I decided not to rent it. I didn't rat on Him and never would. the reason is very simple-if I ratted, would they, the council, rent that flat to Me[?]-of course not(!), I was threatened with homelessness and they refused to help Me, to just put my name down on the God-damned list, and I really shouldn't rent a room, I should have a single Person flat, due to my mental health issues, but they refused to help Me and I can only afford a room, so if that's the way they are, why would i give a rat's behind about some Dude defrauding them[?], and another reason is-if they repossessed that property from the Dude, would they have compassion on the Lady, Who was his unsuspecting Tenant there[?]-of course not(!), they would chuck Her out into the street, She would have nowhere to go, and with her poor English [She was a Foreigner] She wouldn't have a clue what to do. so fkc it. if they don't want to help genuine People in need, let them get defrauded, I don't give a sh*t anymore. regards.
@@sunnidays us Dutch people already have such a system in place. It's called DigiD and it works just like you describe. It's also very handy for us as citizens because we can use the same log in for all government services. Need financial aid as a student? Apply for it using DigiD. Need benefits? Apply for it using DigiD. Need to file taxes? Use DigiD. The list goes on and on. Your DigiD contains basically your whole life lol
Huh?, You have 7 people in the family & “it’s not really fair” because you only have 3 bedrooms? Damn, what arrogance & sense of entitlement! That’s the problem - social services breeds people ready to live on the government dole. What happened to responsibility for your own life choices?? I know there are truly needy folks who are in their predicament due to no fault of their own. Those are the people you help - not able bodied people who drain the system. I feel for the taxpayers of the UK.
Kids are called beer vouchers on these estates - I should know I was brought up by an alcoholic father who wouldn't work but he knew how to Rob the tax payers. He was a disgrace and my mother was worse than him!
You seem like a product of your upbringing, the complainer the woe me , hard done by type chap. Your parents - you only get one mother , father what ever there issues be grateful you had them.
No mate, the reason there is not enough social housing is because in the 1980s the then-Thatcher government issued the "Right to buy" bill, which allowed council house tenants to buy the house they were living in for ridiculous prices (£10.000 or so). Of course they all took advantage of it, thus becoming "home -owners" and acquiring all the idiotically snobbish attitudes that go with it. But the government, and subsequent governments, Tory and Labour alike, never bothered to replace the rapidly-disappearing council houses with new ones, in order to keep the need for roofs over the head of the poorer families replenished, until reaching today's nadir, where all the efforts are put into private housing and none into building social housing. Even what they call "affordable housing" are prohibitive, unless there are two wages earned in the household of an average of £35.000K each. I am not saying that the fraudsters don't indent on the problem, they do, but the real issue there is the failure to build social housing that meets the need of all the families and individuals needing it.....
I still cant get my head around the fact that these arseholes would do this and deprive fellow citizens of somewhere to live - oh naïve me!! There must be a way to stop this - its sickening
I met a taxi driver once from Eastern EU, who boasted to me about how he had got a council house, he'd had it for a couple of years and had applied for the right to buy at a huge discount. It was in the Midlands so the property was incredibly cheap! He said he was struggling to get a mortgage as he didn't declare enough money even though he was working full time!! He also told me he had a lovely apartment in the city he came from, I wish I had recorded the whole conversation, he told me all his friends were doing the same thing and couldn't believe how in the UK the system could be abused so much, I was speechless mostly because of the brazen way we was openly telling me everything!!! We are the laughing stock of Europe!! It is totally open for abuse! How our councils can possibly check what properties people have in their own countries! It's things like this that have caused Brexit! Such a shame for all the honest people on waiting lists for years!!
Exactly - many good people came from Europe - but there was no filter for the criminals. You should have informed the Council and given whatever details you had - average age - taxi driver - country originally from etc. Give them a head start at least.
It is 100% true that LOADS of foreigners are blown away by how lax and easy to abuse benefits systems are in the UK. A Russia girl once said to me - ' your government must really hate you to just give everything away to foreigners. Or you must hate yourselves..' Never forgotten that She was right.
I was helped with housing when I returned to the UK. The Council wanted to know everything and interviewed me about any house I owned in the EU country I'd lived in. I was honest but did they actually check if I was lying - 🤔
What’s the point in giving someone a suspended sentence? The first case where the woman owned multiple properties and was renting out council properties in 2 areas, she must have had a good solicitor and mitigating factors to get away with such a light sentence. She’s earned lots of illegal money through subletting. Wouldn’t it be better for her to get a fine?
You have to increase the punishments for the crimes. Also why isn't there a hotline or reward system so that neighbours who suspect this thing can ring in to investigate.
And be considered a grass. Not necessarily good idea. Especially when the council's are extremely corrupt and the police protect bankers and rich elites who actually cause crime and wars
I don't understand how a prisoner can keep a council home while they are in prison - appalling !!!! They should lose the home and if they get out of prison go to bottom of list that is totally pitiful
I agree I think they should be at the bottom of the list too but then I suppose they will commit crimes again an then end up in jail which means they will have free food and that and our jails are just ridiculous like we are far too soft
@@pearlkelly6337 watching UK cop shows, blows me away, these cops work their tails off chasing people. risking their lives then the courts give the criminals a slap on the wrist and a $100 fine when they have committed serious crimes that they should be in jail for, they keep arresting the same people over and over and the courts keep letting them off - I don't know how your cops deal with it - I'd be burned out
I don’t understand how the man who subletted to his son, was allowed to walk away just by turning in the keys…what about the other 2 properties he was tied to via his spouse? Shame on people for taking such advantage when they are aware, at least should be aware there are people also needing housing
so many people come from various countries,to England,and have a specialist that briefs them on exactly what to say,they almost immediately get the luxurious house and let it out,then begin their property portfilio.
I live in the US and I live with my 80 year old grandmother (I help take care of her so it's ok) as a 100% single mother and have worked full time for 3 years after working part time until my son could be in full day school, it is so expensive living I can't afford to move out on top of my other bills plus my medical needs for a chronic lifetime illness. To see the wonderful chance they have to have their own home but lie and just let people live there instead to get money when a family that really needs it is absolutely despicable. Gutter behavior. I don't even live in the UK and I'm LIVID at these people lol those kind of people are ok stealing a roof off of someone else so they can get a one up on the government. Ugh.
The problem is that the alternative is worse. More poverty leads to higher crime rate. So its better to help people in the long run so they eventually can get a job.. The people you see here is the worst case scenario and it is disgusting! :)
"He didn't mention that he owned a property, otherwise we wouldn't have handed over the keys" !!!!!! Seriously? Why didn't you check before handing over keys? Surely it's a given that you simply can't trust 90% of applicants to tell the truth!!!!!!! You have to check the validity of EVERYTHING they tell you!
Muslim family above me town house style flats 1 up 1 down comume garden lovely place beating up his wife 2 adults two kids 1 bed flat I thought they were waiting to me moved turns out the whole time it was 1 again sub letting to another afghan wen finding out the wife's getting a grand lathering of her husband he snitchhed him up police come flat is now empty I ain't snitching because as long as he pays the rent the flat is now empty and I work nights I also just got this onto right to buy at 50% off I also have 100k in savings and I can grab the flat at 30k
Whilst you’re banned from approaching children, I’d say you’re the miserable one. Some of us need a spare council house for indoor horticultural purposes.
@@audie-cashstack-uk4881 Did you not go to school? I really can't believe how poorly educated many Brits are. Have you never learned about punctation and grammar. It's almost impossible to read your post as it requires far too much rehabilitation from it's current state. Learn to write properly before posting anything else.
In places like London where private rent and property ownership is unaffordable, people don’t have a choice but to go for social housing. Even in other parts of the UK. If you’re earning less than about 25k a year you’re finished. I think you need to be more open minded. If it wasn’t for social housing half us Londoners would be on the streets. Most council home renters also pay a large amount in rent it’s not all free. I know someone paying 1000 a month for a one bedroom council flat that’s falling apart.
A large 3 bedroom home for a woman and 2 kids? No way. That should have been saved for a family with 3 or 4 kids. When I escaped an abusive marriage in 1984 I had to rent privately (in NZ) where it takes years to get a council house, so all I could afford was a 1 bedroom fully furnished flat (I escaped with nothing but the clothes we stood up in). So for a whole year the kids slept in my double bed with me as I couldn't afford to buy any single beds. Then my landlord gave me a 2 bedroom flat that had single beds in it, and an old sofa, washer and dryer, but no other furniture. We got by and were really happy,......
Giving people that choose not to work free housing is not treating them fairly while other people work themselves to death to be able to pay for their own home and the high taxes the government takes to pay for all the people that don't work.
good point. I used to work a hell of a lot of hrs and still wasn't able to afford to rent a house or flat, I've always rented a room. then I got signed off work by my Doctor, I tried applying at a housing association, my every application got rejected instantly [it was on their website]; I tried applying at the council-they refused to put my name down on the damn list, despite Me being threatened with homelessness and having medical issues. I got to understand that sometimes People got punished for doing the right thing, while other people got rewarded for doing the wrong thing.
Most people who live in social housing could afford to buy or rent privately. Once you get a council house you have it for life, nobody checks if your financial situation has changed.
And that's how I saved 100k from 2017 your point is what I should have gone private paid 4 x more for 4 x smaller FUUUK U I earned that money working its mine my rent is less than 25% of my net take-home not 75 to 80% private making me some landlords rentboy biach...I also this month hit 3 yrs tenancy so have right to buy at 50% of that's 30 to 35k cash I have 100k
Hipkiss purchased her Birmingham council house in 2005. In 2010 she told Solihull she was homeless. Don't councils run Land Registry checks before giving people housing?
In Australia, we do have public housing. In order to get one, you would need to be a single parent, living in your car for years on end, with multiple disabled children. Maybe then, you could get lucky. Unless you are a violent criminal fresh out of jail. Then you are given one immediately.
I'm Australian and grew up in a town that was 50 percent housing trust houses and people who rented felt like we owned them. As an adult I'm shocked that that's how life was. People would live in a house as long as they wanted. Someone I know started renting with 4 Kids in 1985 and even though her kids grew up and moved out she still lives there.
@@johnjosephmurrayjr.4518 seriously??? Okay so 1) mandatory sentences have been in place for years to prevent this very thing from happening and eliminate biased sentences 2) stats have shown that since about 2000 women have received much longer sentences for similar or identical crimes than men and 3) you sound like an uneducated moron just so u know Example?? -- a man and woman both get caught shoplifting... Statistics show that the woman is more likely to serve anywhere on average from 30 to 90 days where as men facing the same charge complete on average 20 to 60 days sentences for the same crime... Another example would be that a couple gets caught robbing a bank... Stats show that on average the men are looking at anywhere between 5 to life depending on the violence associated with the robbery and or the persons record where as women are almost always given a min of 7 to 12 and up to life or death in some states again depending on the level of violence if any at all had taken place... With crimes such as murder or rape or child molestation they've implemented mandatory sentences thst are the same for both genders... Ive no problem attaching the 12 to 15 links I got my info from if you're unsure of its authenticity...
Do a full investigation. Run her through the courts. Finally all the money spent to get the conviction and the sentence is.............Oh aaaahhhh your free to go, have a nice day...sorry we bothered you.
I'm absolutely confused I've been binge watching these I've seen elderly and single parents denied there's nothing but there's a single person with 3 apartments this is crazy these most important part of this system is highly flawed someone is dropping the ball big time in that department
I knew a woman that taught in Hong Kong for 15years and rented her flat out through our that time. Her mother managed the rental agreement and the rent was paid into her account. She was also on benefits and so were all of her children. A great asset to the country this lot - 35years they were at it in Basildon. They were all Irish and made it be known that they hated the British! Lovely
The counsels need to seriously get their priority lists in order. A disabled person barely gets enough money to pay rent & eat. Even with rent help. A military vet, especially one who's served a career of 20+ years, is over 65, & especially disabled vets of any age should top the list every time. A prisoner gets priority? What about half-way houses that keep eyes on them after prison? As far as reoffending, that;s a personal choice, not the fault or responsibility of anyone else. In another episode, there was a 72 y/o disabled (arthritis, breathing & heart problems) vet who had served 20+ years serving England. They had placed him in a HMO that was a death trap. In fact, there had already been a fairly large fire there recently but nothing was done to help him. There were live electrical wires hanging down, everyone had to use extention cords & the smoke detectors had all been wrapped in plastic or were missing. There were no CM detectors either. They finally found him a 1-bed flat, mainly because(I think anyways) because of the show. How many others like him are in worse conditions or on the streets, sleeping rough?
ERRRRR no people who are in the military get 18k basic and not rent to pay, get free food, clothing and everything else. WTF why should they be at the top of the list???? at 20+ years that is 360,000 in the bank! fuck them! they are just as bad who are in prison only difference is they are legally allowed to kill innocent childrent and women. people who are disabled and who are truely homelss or in desprate ohnest need should be at the top.
I understand. It’s a shame you do not have help ( housing) with your health problems. In the US they don’t care and just expect people to live in the streets.
I have firsthand experience of this. I'm dual sensory vision and hearing impaired and have high functioning Aspergers Autism, but I've been on the council's lists for 11 years since I left home, starting out in a dreadful assisted living block for people with vision impairments run by a charity for the blind then by a very wellknown charity for the blind. I broke free from there nearly 5 years ago to the day, when I moved into the first of two private rentals, both charging the same in rent per month. I lived in that house for 4 years 5 months, the last 11 months of which, had been spent looking for another property since the landlord in my old house said he was selling up and retiring... then he changed his mind and decided to rent the house out again but for £100 more than what I'd paid for it out of precious little housing benefit which fell £190 short of the rent, so that £190 had to come from myself and from a family member without whom, I would still be in a bedsit flat and assisted living probably... and don't get me started on employment. Nobody who is rolling on it would ever want a dual sensory impaired 38-year-old woman with Aspergers... so I'm stuck in this zone, hopefully, for not too much longer, either, until Employability Surrey Choices helps me find and keep down a decent job and also, I am now number 6 on the council waiting list, touch wood, so I am bidding on the one-beds which is all I'm allowed, even with an ex service guide dog in toe as well.
These people are criminals, not people who qualify for help. Every single one of them should have gone to jail and not just turned over the keys. That would make the casual criminal think twice before taking advantage of an easily scammed program. But then again, I'm an American; we have lots of jails and that is the only place you are going to get a roof over your head, food, and medical attention for freeish. (I say freeish because the downside is you're in jail.)
It wasn't just turn over the keys, her houses where forclosed on, and they are working to claim back the money she has defrauded. she will probably be financially bankrupted, with a personal bankruptcy. Never allowed to loan (*) So that fits the crime imo.
This makes me angrey getting social housing so easily..I am in temporary housing with a housing association..it's been a real struggle..the whole process I went through with the homeless prevention team with providing evidence was horrendous when your mentally in no functional state at the prospect of been on the street kinda shatters all your existence of security..it was a shock to say the least having the landlord serve a no fault eviction notice and not been forthcoming before I took on the tenancy how short it would be..anyway with a week before my eviction date this January I got referral to one of the housing association temporary housing schemes, know waiting for the PMOS (Priority move on scheme) to kick in which puts my home choice on priority banding 2.. it's a long haul process but in a living plus scheme which is safe and secure as can be untill housed as I have mental health stuff related to my Autism hence been in a scheme..I just can't understand the scheming and lies in saying your homeless like this..when i would not wish this on anyone to go through
When I lived in London I rented a flat but I found out I was actually a subletter and the guy I was renting from was getting the rent for the flat from benefits. So I was paying 900 pounds a month and the guy was living with his girlfriend who was also on benefits. 900 pounds a month for free!! On top of that I didn’t get any of the money he owed me
I live in council property in Central London for £88 per week .My Neighbours live bellow and pay £1,200 per month or 300 per week .Poeple will take advantage of this .It is wrong .I am so lucky to be a Council Tenant
If there is such a shortage of housing, why are they letting in so many new people into Britain? They need to be able to house their own residents first. How simple is that???
irelands the same funny that 99.9 % of homeless people are irish . theres 2 boarded up houses in my street guess who moved in . they told me they got here 3 days ago !
Kitty, because a country's economy is a much more complex and larger topic than 'housing' alone. Each Western European country is actually in demand of more workforce than their country can provide, an influx of people actually helps boosting their already high economies, otherwise EU wouldn't do that. Staff shortage is actually a problem in every country, and you will never hear in the TV how the countries that people leave are impacted by an even more lack of shortage... But fck them, right?
@@jacquiewalton414 Yeah, bloody freedom of movement, how appalling Fyi, 14 million Brits live abroad. I hope they don't encounter many bigots like yourself!
I dare say that if these fraudsters were reported more widely on the news media then it will go some way to deter others into trying their luck. Also, there needs to be more rigorous checks on potential tenants as to whether or not they own property elsewhere or are renting with another local authority or housing association. It can't be too difficult to do these checks. Provention better than cure.
I totally agree that social housing fraud should be treated criminally. I believe too that nepotism in council and social housing queue jumping should be examined just as closely and punished just as sternly as anything portrayed here.
@@wolfrahmphosphoros5808 I've been a volunteer inc helping people get housed and in multiple UK locations. In my experience, knowing someone or being related to someone in the 'right' place definitely helped in some cases I knew of. Not saying it's rife, but there is.
@@PirateCommander thank You for this Information. I don't support nepotism. what You are describing is like the matter of getting a job in my country. if You know SomeOne, Who has a business, or Who knows SomeOne Who has 1, You have far better chances of getting a job there because They tend to give You priority when They're hiring. and if You don't know such SomeOne, You're screwed. on 1 hand I understand it because if You employ a Person You know or are related to, You more or less know what to expect of such Person. on the other hand this practice eliminates giving People a chance, unless They're Relatives or Acquaintances. I have mixed feelings on this. also, in housing, You would of course prefer to house SomeOne, Who will not default on rent, so maybe that's why They do it.
A woman who owned 2 houses got a big council house. She was renting out the other 2 properties. No house deed checks. The only way she was caught was due to someone calling the council and alerting them. I think the council are stricter now.
Bleeding hearts don't think anyone (well anyone who is of their approved classes) should be held responsible for anything. Society made these people defraud and steal, even though they aren't even poor. Just let the tax payers pay for their theft, because we should have a shared funds socialist society anyway as far as they're concerned.
Solution: those found guilty lose their social home ownership. They also receive no further assistance for 7 years from the council. Then go on a national register so everyone knows who they are and can make informed decisions whether to rent to them. If they stay clean for 7 years, they are removed.
Affordable housing would be the best deterrence. Everyone who works full time, regardless of annual income, should be able to afford to own their own property (outside of the M25).
@@johnmitchell2269 As a totallyblind, partially deaf 38-year-old woman living in an expensive town in Surrey, where I'm in one of the cheapest private rental properties where the maximum, housing benefit won't ever cover the £190 shortfall with the rent, I wholeheartedly, second that. I am quite near the top of the council housing queue, but there just isn't the right property coming up fitting the bill for me and my guide dog. I can only have one-bed properties... which have wetrooms, not standard bathrooms, because they are built and designed with over 70s age group in mind, rather than everybody else in mind.
My family's a sort of dynasty like the Queen because we kept our Council House 84 years & counting. I'm not saying where but an actor Alan Rickman lived nearby & I went to school with him 1959-64. My Dad & Mom moved in 1938, we were born in the back bedroom, my baby sister lived there with her husband, many kids & my Mum in the spare room when I moved to Canada, now just my baby sister's youngest daughter lives there with her husband & kids. I feel like J.R. Ewing in Dynasty, Council House Edition.
The council can get a warrant with police and have the person arrested. They can also use Proceeds of Crime Act to get the money back pius court costs plus fines.
Incompetence. These clowns like to talk about private landlords. Social housing, anyone who rents out should have forfeit it and then receive no assistance for 7 years.
Another option is to give the honest people an incentive to turn in the ones that aren’t doing the right thing. Overall I think you would save money. These people abusing these housing options should immediately loose all benefits and they shouldn’t ever be allowed to have housing benefits again!
And yet there are hundreds of properties around the country that stand vacant and empty. Places that could so easily be converted into you know 50 flats they are so big but they stay empty because there are royal palaces.
I'm confused....Do they not look into the applicants? You would think marital status would be important to look into? Or do they just take the tenants word for truth? LMFAO Also, do they not look to see if there are other properties owned by the applicant? One would think it important to know if an applicant is in prison!! Jeebus! This is so weird. The housing association needs to have agents constantly or annually looking into the status of the individuals living in their properties.
We will never be able to build enough social housing to meet the needs of the 3rd worlders who rock up here every day, in search of streets paved with gold - or at least benefits.
3rd worlders… are you joking? A) what a horrible term to refer to people as and b) I know far far more British people in council houses than anyone else
😂😂 Getting rich with free money. Please remember, first you lie and then you steal !! I feel sorry for those who are a really genuinely in the need of help ! Those immigrants who steal from the government should be send back !
Are there no background checks on these people? I live in government housing in Canada and the application process is so lengthy. It’s almost impossible for people to scam social housing here. Background checks, housing registration checks, bank statements, tax info are a must.
Housing and the welfare system in Australia is an absolute joke. There needs to be yearly checks to make sure the need is still there, see who is actually living there and keep it transparent. You have "single" people living in housing who are clearly married with kids and doing well, people who had 5 kids and the kids have grown up and moved out but still occupy a 6 bed house that they don't need. If you are in social housing you don't get to choose where you live or how many rooms you get you should be pla ed or moved according to need you are NOT entitled to anything the tax payer is your landlord. My husband and I own our home with 4 kids and many people who are committing fraud of the system say how lucky we are... yes we are because we fucking worked and earned it ourselves
They need a computer cross-referencing among ALL the Housing Associations under the country! Also, do they have a cross-reference with the food banks, so a person cannot go around to multiple sites to get a lot of free food, etc.?? You should do!
I live in Norway, and we have none of these crimes here. People who cant afford housing have the right to, by law, to get housing benefits. Then its up to them to find a home for themselves to rent. That seems to be to be a much better system.
Black man: Waaahhhh. I have 7 people living in a 3 bedroom house! It's not fair!! NO, you living in social housing is not fair! Quit having babies and find a house on your own!!
Skinhead, skinhead, putting in the boot Looking for a street fight, looking for a root Skinhead, skinhead, running through the place Skinhead, skinhead, stompin' on your face
What if Hipkiss was actually homeless, got everything lawfully, was the the beneficiary to the owned property, then rented out the place she was given to get her off of the street, profited, then from that, bought her second one to rent out… would that have been legal in the UK? I don’t know why I’m recommended this, now- but I’m hooked! (I don’t live in the UK)
Like she lived off of the money for 2 years or whatever time, and then was the beneficiary of the 1st property she owned. Then she rented out the place she went from off of the street. I have no idea if I’m explaining what I’m trying to ask in the slightest, sorry!
Do what they do in Canada “surprising a recipient at the rental house etc.. Many as I didn’t know that they did that lol . I can say though I truthfully lived in my suite. I had a surprise visit and it worked out to my benefit as they saw how I was lacking and I received more help .
