Exploring Potential Fraud in the Help to Buy Scheme

Purpose
To identify whether there is potential fraud in the Help to Buy Scheme; relating to the overinflaton of income (fraud by misrepresentation) and the failure to declare existing property ownership at the point of application (fraud by omission).
Information sharing benefits
This information sharing agreement will help Homes England to identify any fraud in the Help to Buy Scheme; and to qualify the nature of this fraud. In doing so; Homes England will be able to assess compliance and review policies for preventative purposes only.
Disclosed information
Data on earnings and income; on self-assessment; on benefits and credits; and on property ownership will be disclosed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to Homes England.
Information sharing method
Government Secure Email
Contact
Not Available
Start date
2018-09-06
End date
2019-05-31
Review date
2019-01-17
Retention period
P3M
Isa status
Complete
Id
2
Notes
no change

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