Housing benefit fraud
Please contact us if you know of anyone who is claiming:
- benefit and using a name you know to be false
- benefit in more than one name
- benefit for more than one address
- income support or Job Seekers Allowance and working full-time
Or
- a landlord or letting agent who is getting housing benefit payments for tenants who don't live in the property
- a landlord or letting agent who has approached tenants about claiming housing benefit illegally
You can be assured you have the right to remain anonymous and that all the information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence.
How to report housing benefit fraud
- Use the anonymous online form for reporting benefit fraud
- by phone: Call free on 0800 121 8805
- download a reporting benefit fraud form
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. You can print it out, fill it in and return it to the address on the form.
Call us in confidence. We need your help.
Download our flyer for a quick handy reference on how to report a fraud.
More about counter fraud
We pay housing and council tax benefit to 75,000 people across the city. To make sure the money gets to those who need it, the Counter Fraud Team identifies and deals with fraud early on.
Through our Counter Fraud Team, we actively recover all overpayments and use different sources to find out about fraud including:
- the public
- the police
- local and national government departments
If anyone is found committing fraud, then there are a number of penalties that can be applied. In some cases, prosecutions can result in prison sentences being imposed.
Our Counter Fraud Team operates within Data Protection and Human Rights legislation when investigating fraudulent claims.
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