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Episode 6

Reality series following housing fraud investigators. How one tenant used four identities and two social housing flats to make more than 拢300,000 in unlawful profits.

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 used four identities and two social housing flats to rake in more than 拢300,000 in unlawful profits. Cameras follow bailiffs and locksmiths as they seize back a one-bedroom flat in central London, which the tenant has been renting out from behind bars.

Meanwhile, housing officers track down a tenant living it up in Lagos, Nigeria, and using her valuable social housing property as a holiday flat for friends and relatives. Officers serve the tenant with a Notice to Quit while she celebrates a family wedding in the Caribbean.

In Oxford, Michelle reveals how CCTV cameras capture a rogue tenant red-handed as he moves furniture back into his flat to make it look as if he still lives there.

43 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Michelle Ackerley
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 Will Graves
Production Manager Julie Gilmartin
Production Company Shine TV

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