Alerting landlords to benefit fraud

Ward, C.

Alerting landlords to benefit fraud - 1997 - Valuer (ISVA) 66(6) November/December 1997, 24(1) .

The Housing Benefit Regulations make private landlords responsible for refunding overpaid benefits received by them, even if the landlord may have had no reason to doubt a claimant`s eligibility. Draws attention to new anti-fraud measures in the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 and to ways landlords can protect themselves against claims.


BENEFIT FRAUD
DSS
HOUSING BENEFIT
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (FRAUD) ACT 1997