Council Housing: Fraud
Commons · Question 68741 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with local authorities to prevent (a) unlawful occupation of council-owned homes and (b) unlawfully attempting to purchase council-owned homes.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 24 Jul 2025
Housing fraud has a detrimental impact on those in genuine need of a home and is completely unacceptable.Local authorities are responsible for managing their own social housing stock and where unlawful occupation of council-owned properties occurs, the go...