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Housing Benefit Tenants by Jamie Simpson
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Housing Benefit Subletting Scam Whilst Housing Benefit broadens our market for tenants it is also being made profitable by tenants themselves. The scam is simple, a tenant takes on your property and they qualify for Housing Benefit, they then sublet to somebody that does not qualify. An estimated 80% of all tenants sublet to somebody who would not qualify for Housing Benefit. Scamming tenants can earn up to £20,000 pounds a year costing the taxpayer and you, the landlord! According to the DWP it is thought that there are as many as 200,000 tenants nationally breaking the rules and with around 5,000,000 million people on the waiting list for accommodation the scammers certainly have their pick of targets. As much as most of the scamming is being done in council owned properties it is surely just as likely to be happening in the private sector also. Unfortunate for those tenants that do qualify and are legitimately looking for places to rent within the private sector as this scam is just another thing to put private landlords off taking HB tenants. If you think this scam is happening in your property make sure that proper credit checks are carried out and that your agent carries out regular inspections of the property.
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