Tenancy Fraud - Social housing sector
The Department for Communities is undertaking a review of tenancy fraud to look at how tenancy fraud is tackled across the social housing sector.
Background
In September 2014, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) issued a report on tenancy fraud in Northern Ireland. This followed a Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) Report, also about tenancy fraud. Both reports recommended establishing a single tenancy fraud team to provide investigative services to both the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) and the Registered Housing Association sector. The Review Team are seeking to streamline processes, enhance transparency and strengthen the legislative framework to create a more robust defence against tenancy fraud.
Consultation and Outcome Report
The Department has published an Outcome Report which presents the findings from the targeted consultation on “Proposals to allow the NIHE and Registered Housing Associations to work better together on the investigation of Tenancy Fraud”.