Audit Committee tonight includes some shocking findings from Internal Audit review of Housing
Allocations & Lettings system
19,000 households are on the housing waiting list but findings suggest that some of those may no longer be active
Oldest not checked in yrs
13 of 20 had
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Allocations & Lettings system
19,000 households are on the housing waiting list but findings suggest that some of those may no longer be active
Oldest not checked in yrs
13 of 20 had
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never bid for properties (although I know some people waiting for bidding numbers)
Some have been on the housing waiting list for 30-40 years & not been checked in years!
This all raises questions about how many of the 19,000 waiting list are real or do people give up?
BUT
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Some have been on the housing waiting list for 30-40 years & not been checked in years!
This all raises questions about how many of the 19,000 waiting list are real or do people give up?
BUT
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of 20 checked, 2 were homeowners!
As a reminder, you cannot bid (normally) for social housing if a homeowner (two TH Cllrs have gone to jail for doing this)
But this might explain why this happened if homeowners are being allowed to join & explain why Cllrs doing this fraud as
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As a reminder, you cannot bid (normally) for social housing if a homeowner (two TH Cllrs have gone to jail for doing this)
But this might explain why this happened if homeowners are being allowed to join & explain why Cllrs doing this fraud as
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so easy to join the housing waiting list as minimal checks i.e. 5 of 20 no evidence that checks had been done on whether TH residents or not
Of 20 in oldest age group 5 had left TH & 11 had died, but either never checked or last checked in 2014
No evidence of checks on income!
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Of 20 in oldest age group 5 had left TH & 11 had died, but either never checked or last checked in 2014
No evidence of checks on income!
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See Item 4.1 Appendix 1 democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ieListDocument…
This is perhaps the most important database in the Council & I am surprised that it is so inaccurate
Although I know staff under pressure this data has to be accurate & checked as such an important area & subject to known fraud
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This is perhaps the most important database in the Council & I am surprised that it is so inaccurate
Although I know staff under pressure this data has to be accurate & checked as such an important area & subject to known fraud
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@going4golds @EastEndEnquirer @RachaelBurford
Of interest to you as well & does perhaps explain some of the actual & alleged frauds
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Of interest to you as well & does perhaps explain some of the actual & alleged frauds
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Tonight at Audit C’tee they confirmed will be trying to update the housing list using automated lists including of those who have died
They have been at the back of the list for IT upgrades so using old systems but that will change
The 2 homeowners on the list were elderly
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They have been at the back of the list for IT upgrades so using old systems but that will change
The 2 homeowners on the list were elderly
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But we just do not know how representative these 20 people they checked are, but that they had no records of why the 2 elderly homeowners were on the list is the concern
Like the 2 Cllrs jailed for fraud was that an isolated case or evidence of a wider problem?
But clear that
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Like the 2 Cllrs jailed for fraud was that an isolated case or evidence of a wider problem?
But clear that
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19,000 on the housing waiting list is an overstatement of true numbers of those in need (reminder lots of people cannot apply for housing waiting list)
But by how much? we do not know
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But by how much? we do not know
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