Easy way to get a free house

[PAULJ5555]

Having just found out that a family member is doing this I am shocked at how easy it is.

They are an unmarried couple with a 6 year old boy, the mother is claiming to be a single parent and has got a 3 bed semi paid for by housing benefit.
The father also lives at the house permanently he has his clothes there stores cars on the drive but is registered as living at his mums house so that the housing people can not say that he is living there. They got investigated a few weeks ago and because he is registered somewhere else the housing people cant do anything.

This has been going on for years and a quick fag packet calculation must be £400 pm housing benefit over 6 years that's £28,800

She works 16hours a week and him full time, they drive a 10k Audi and a 5K Merc they also have 1-2 holidays a year.

[ReallyReallyGood]

What did the housing people say when you exposed this fraud to them?

[R8Steve]

With any luck she'll get a bill for £28,800 through the post.

In reality though nothing will happen and the cycle will continue.

[PAULJ5555]

ReallyReallyGood said:

What did the housing people say when you exposed this fraud to them?

LOL, I was not the person who reported it originally, the couple don't know who it was and I am not sure myself if it was family. Don't know how I would feel reporting a family member that I do like and get on with but one thing is for sure they are taking the pi55 out of us tax payers.

[SlimRick]

Have you informed the Daily Mail yet?

[Zoon]

So they have investigated and found the above information yet chose to do nothing?

[SHutchinson]

It sounds like a Daily Mail story already. A £10k audi and a £5k Merc plus 1.5 holidays a year!

What did they say when you spoke to them?

[Ste1987]

SHutchinson said:

It sounds like a Daily Mail story already. A £10k audi and a £5k Merc plus 1.5 holidays a year!

What did they say when you spoke to them?

What startles me is this st actually happens. I thought DM just made it up!

[Charlie1986]

Ste1987 said:

What startles me is this st actually happens. I thought DM just made it up!

Yeah I know driving an Audi. What is happening to the world these days for somebody to actually own a 10k Audi and a 5k Merc

[Gargamel]

It is important to gross up any benefits to maximise impact, thus there mere £28,000 should have been reported as

"an average working UK taxpayer would have to have wages of £41,000 to have paid for the same house"

[Koofler]

PAULJ5555 said:

ReallyReallyGood said:

What did the housing people say when you exposed this fraud to them?

LOL, I was not the person who reported it originally, the couple don't know who it was and I am not sure myself if it was family. Don't know how I would feel reporting a family member that I do like and get on with but one thing is for sure they are taking the pi55 out of us tax payers.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

[Pickled Piper]

This scenario is extremely common and endemic in some communities. The authorities largely ignore it as it is too large an issue to tackle.

[Oakey]

I'm pretty sure that him being registered at his mothers house doesn't mean he isn't living with his partner and they're unable to do anything about it.

If his clothes are there and his other property and belongings are there and he spends more than X amount of nights there, then I'm pretty sure he's classed as living there.

[iva cosworth]

When you ring the DM make sure you tell them the house value.

It seems to matter in all stories.

[TwistingMyMelon]

Pickled Piper said:

This scenario is extremely common and endemic in some communities. The authorities largely ignore it as it is too large an issue to tackle.

Indeed some are better than others

Comes up in local paper sometimes and details how the council proves it to judge, usually using surveillance or paperwork to confirm partner contributes to bills

[ClaphamGT3]

For maximum Wailage, can they please be 1st generation immigrants?

[Nezquick]

iva cosworth said:

When you ring the DM make sure you tell them the house value.

It seems to matter in all stories.

And how many bedrooms it has as well as whether they have Sky and what size their TV's are.

In all seriousness though, if the inspectors found nothing wrong with this then I'd be looking very closely at the inspectors themselves.

[ali_kat]

Oakey said:

I'm pretty sure that him being registered at his mothers house doesn't mean he isn't living with his partner and they're unable to do anything about it.

If his clothes are there and his other property and belongings are there and he spends more than X amount of nights there, then I'm pretty sure he's classed as living there.

It's fraud & needs to be reported to the Council. Despite your words, your lack of action condones what they are doing

[Funkycoldribena]

Small fry compared to £300 a day Lords attendance for a few minutes or 55 mil a day to the eu.

[SHutchinson]

Funkycoldribena said:

Small fry compared to £300 a day Lords attendance for a few minutes or 55 mil a day to the eu.

Exactly this really. It couldn't be any further from the bigger picture of where money is truly squandered/plundered/frittered. But, it makes a more sensationalist story, people with nowt squabbling with other people with nowt. Get a film crew round and film them gloating so some middle class people can get their fix of benefit porn.