Council House Crackdown Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 5

Airdate: 2016-May-27

Episode summary:

Housing investigators catch out a married man who pretends to be single so that he can keep his housing association flat for his teenage son, and a convicted criminal who has been lining his pockets by subletting his social housing property whilst serving time behind bars.In the West Midlands, investigators reveal how a woman who owned two properties claimed she and her children were homeless in order to get a council house in upmarket Solihull. She was considered a high priority and was allocated a substantial three-bedroom council house. But a tip-off from a member of the public raises suspicions and her story begins to unravel. The rogue tenant is evicted and her property empire collapses.

About Council House Crackdown series:

Presenter Michelle Ackerley and property expert Luke Doonan follow investigators as they crack down on rogue social housing tenants, seize their ho...Show more >