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Council House Crackdown

Series 2

Episode 10

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.

Today, Michelle reveals how one tenant has been unlawfully subletting his central London flat whilst living and working in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, another council tenant, who was working as a psychic medium, didn't see it coming when housing investigators turned up at his flat unannounced and discovered it was undergoing major renovation work. He was planning to buy the flat at a knock-down price, under the Right to Buy scheme, even though he wasn't actually living there.

And in Oxford, a council tenant was unlawfully subletting his property whilst on a five-month holiday visiting his girlfriend in Thailand. He inadvertently shopped himself by complaining to the council when the people renting from him didn't pay the full amount. 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
Editor:
Ben Nugent
Production Manager:
Julie Gilmartin
Production Company:
Shine TV

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