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Illegal sublets by council tenants

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Dear Bedford Borough Council,

This is a Freedom of Information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

From the time period between 2021 and 2024 please provide the data for the number of council
flats and houses that were found to be illegally sublet for each year.

For each case, please provide a description as to what happened. i.e outcome, prosecution, fines and please explain the platform or method used to rent out the property e.g Airbnb or Zoopla and how it was discovered.

Gentle reminder that you should respond within 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Jacob Paul

Request For Information, Bedford Borough Council

Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

 

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

 

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Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
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Dear Jacob Paul,

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No.
RFI-01243

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the
Council under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Under the Freedom of Information Act the authority must state whether or
not the information exists, and I confirm that we do not hold this
information.  Bedford Borough Council transferred its housing stock to
BPHA (formerly Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association) in 1990, you
will need to contact them directly for any information. Bedfordshire
Pilgrims Housing Association (BPHA) can be contacted at
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If for whatever reason you are unhappy with our response to your
application you are entitled to pursue any dissatisfaction through the
Council's Internal Review Procedure.  Pursuant to Section 17 (7) of the
Act the procedure provided by the Council for dealing with complaints
about the determination of this request for information is the Council’s
FOI Complaints Procedure, a copy of which can be obtained on request or is
set out at: 
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Yours sincerely,

Daniela Hanson
Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
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