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Council House Crackdown

Series 2

Episode 4

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Presenter Michelle Ackerley follows investigators as they crack down on rogue social housing tenants, seize their homes and give them to families in genuine need. She's joined by property expert Luke Doonan.

Housing fraud investigators are joined by the police as they reclaim a flat which they suspect is no longer occupied by the official tenant. Their suspicions prove to be well founded. It turns out that the official tenant is nowhere to be found and the flat is now being occupied by a pop singer who hit the charts back in the 1970s. He's questioned by the police and the property is repossessed.

Michelle also reveals how one social housing tenant moved to Greece but, instead of giving the keys back, he passed the property onto his daughter in breach of his tenancy.

Meanwhile, investigators in Lambeth, south London, pay a surprise visit to one of their council flats - only to discover that the tenants who are supposed to be living there moved to Portugal nine years ago. Show less

Contributors

Reporter:
Luke Doonan
Executive Producer:
Lorna-Dawn Creanor
Series Editor:
David Warren
Series Producer:
Page Shepherd
Producer:
Dayve Hillman
Director:
Dayve Hillman
Producer:
Jo Conchie
Director:
Jo Conchie
Production Manager:
Julie Gilmartin
Production Company:
Shine TV

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