A local authority has been forced to repay £330,000 after admitting it overcharged roughly 1,200 social housing tenants on their rent, while simultaneously undercharging some 1,600 others. The disclosure, quietly confirmed through council records, lays bare a billing failure affecting nearly 2,800 households in a single stock — a scale of error that would be unthinkable in a well-run private letting portfolio and raises uncomfortable questions about the systems underpinning much of England's social housing sector.
£330k Rent Blunder Exposes Cracks in Council Housing Billing Systems
A council's admission it overcharged 1,200 tenants while undercharging 1,600 raises hard questions about billing accuracy across Britain's social housing stock.
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Developed from reporting by BBC News.
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