Issue - items at meetings - FP969 Tenancy Fraud

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FP969 Tenancy Fraud

Meeting: 10/03/2020 - Cabinet (Item 113)

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Recommendation from the meeting of the Cabinet Housing Panel on 19 February 2020 on the Tenancy Fraud Policy.

 

Cabinet Housing Panel 19 February 2020

Decision:

(1)     The Tenancy Fraud Policy was adopted.

 

(2)     Delegated authority was given to the Corporate Director (Housing and Communities), in consultation with the Executive Member (Housing and Community), to review and make minor amendments to the policy as appropriate where there was a need to address operational issues, or where best practice had evolved and there was a need to incorporate this.

Minutes:

Recommendation from the meeting of the Cabinet Housing Panel on 19 February 2020 on a revised Tenancy Fraud Policy which provided guidance on how the Council would tackle tenancy fraud through a framework of prevention, detection and enforcement.

 

(1)        The Decision Taken

 

RESOLVED:

 

(1)       That the Tenancy Fraud Policy be adopted.

 

(2)       That delegated authority be given to the Corporate Director (Housing and Communities), in consultation with the Executive Member (Housing and Community), to review and make minor amendments to the policy as appropriate where there was a need to address operational issues, or where best practice had evolved and there was a need to incorporate this.

 

(2)        Reasons for the Decision

 

The current tenancy fraud procedure was produced in May 2018 and it was prepared to replace it with a case management workflow on approval of the Tenancy Fraud Policy.