FOI request (FOIR-634609224)

Tenancy fraud

Requested Tue 30 July 2024
Responded Thu 29 August 2024

This request is about housing tenancy frauds.

Questions:

1. What types of housing tenancy frauds do you investigate?

2. How many full-time equivalent staff worked on counter housing fraud in each of the following three financial years:

a. 2021/22

b. 2022/23

c. 2023/24

3. How much have you spent on counter housing fraud measures in each of the following three financial years, including staff and professional fees:

a. 2021/22

b. 2022/23

c. 2023/24

4. How many housing frauds cases have you investigated in each of the following three financial years:

a. 2021/22

b. 2022/23

c. 2023/24

5. Please tell me how many of these investigated cases did you classified as 'detected frauds' in each of these three financial years:

a. 2021/22

b. 2022/23

c. 2023/24

6. How many of these detected frauds resulted in some form of action being taken in each of these three financial years:

a. 2021/22

b. 2022/23

c. 2023/24

7. How many social homes have you recovered as a result of your counter fraud work in each of the following three financial years:

a. 2021/22

b. 2022/23

c. 2023/24

8. What do you estimate to be the financial saving from your counter housing-fraud measures in each of the following three financial years

a. 2021/22

b. 2022/23

c. 2023/24

9. How many homes cases have you investigated of suspected illegal sub-letting using on-line websites, such as Airbnb, Booking.Com, or Vrbo?

Response

Hastings Borough Council holds no information in respect of this request.

Our housing stock was transferred to 1066 Housing Association in 1996 as part of a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT).