What is tenancy fraud?
Here are the different types of tenancy fraud:
Obtaining housing by deception
When a person gets a home by giving false information on their housing application.
Unlawful assignment
When a customer stops using their tenancy as their main home and allows another person to live there without permission from Riverside.
Unlawful subletting
When a customer rents out their home without the landlord’s knowledge or permission.
False succession
When the tenant dies and someone tries to take over the tenancy they are not entitled to.
False homeless application
When a person or household a misleading, inacurate or deliberately false inforamtion when applying for housing assistance on the grounds of homelessnes.
Main and principle home
When the tenant of a Scottish Secure Tenancy claims to live in the property but actually lives elsewhere, often while renting the property to someone else or the property is left empty.