Revealed: Dozens of illegally sub-let council homes seized by London boroughs in fraud crackdown

Evening Standard 2025-08-19

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Dozens of council homes that were illegally rented out by social tenants have been seized back by the capital's town halls.Fraud investigations by London boroughs discovered some had illegally sub-let their homes while living abroad in countries such as Ethiopia and France.
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