Know someone unlawfully subletting their council house? Then you - yes you - could profit by as much as £500 by snitching on them to the council. It's apparently a growing problem in London, compounded in its seriousness by the current shortage in affordable accommodation in the city, with subletters charging as much as four times their own rent to a private tenant. Housing officers are also being told to keep a particularly close eye on larger properties in central multistorey blocks. According the Guardian, they might be making a few unannounced visits.

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