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Kettering Borough Council evicts tenant for housing fraud (3 May 2017)

Date: 03/05/2017
Duncan Lewis, Housing Solicitors, Kettering Borough Council evicts tenant for housing fraud

Kettering Borough Council in Northamptonshire has evicted a tenant who made a fraudulent housing application.

In August 2016 at Northampton Magistrates’ Court, Carol Rae, 60, of Hazeland House, Desborough in Northamptonshire was convicted of tenancy fraud – she was fined £1,500 plus costs.

Mrs Rae had approached Kettering Borough Council in May 2014, claiming to be homeless – as a result, she was provided with temporary accommodation until she moved into Hazeland House in 2014.

However, when applying for council housing, Mrs Rae failed to disclose that she already owned two properties for which she was receiving a substantial rental income.

Kettering Borough Council’s Head of Housing, John Conway said:

“Where housing applicants lie – or fail to disclose their true circumstances to us – we will not hesitate to use the powers available to us to prosecute and evict offenders.

“It is wholly unacceptable for anyone to provide false information – or withhold relevant information about being homeless – in order to obtain housing from the council.”


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