Council House Crackdown - Season 3
Season 3
Episodes
Episode 1
Presenter Michelle Ackerley joins housing investigators as they crack down on rogue tenants who are cheating the social housing system. Michelle examines the case of a ú55,000-a-year council executive who was jailed for fraud after he claimed thousands in benefits and was given a council flat.
Episode 2
Presenter Michelle Ackerley joins housing investigators as they crack down on rogue tenants who are cheating the social housing system. A benefits cheat is caught on camera as she puts on a performance to try and get a council flat.
Episode 3
Michelle hears how a football coach leading an enviable lifestyle was secretly subletting his social-housing property and making thousands in unlawful profit.
Episode 4
Michelle examines the case of a council tenant who claimed to be living in overcrowded conditions when in fact he was a property owner with a secret portfolio of four properties.
Episode 5
Michelle hears how a law student was caught breaking the law by subletting her highly sought-after council flat.
Episode 6
Michelle reveals how a Turkish pensioner pretended to be Scottish in order to get a council property and ú170,000 in benefits.
Episode 7
Michelle meets housing investigators who uncovered a ú10,000 subletting scandal, and a young family finally gets a home of their own.
Episode 8
Michelle hears how a high-earning businesswoman cheated the authorities out of a council flat and £43,000 in benefits.
Episode 9
Michelle reveals how a council tenant made alterations to her home to help her make thousands of pounds in unlawful profits by subletting it.
Episode 10
Michelle hears how a council tenant posed as a landlord and tricked an innocent couple into paying him £1,500 a month in rent.
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