Social tenant from Antwerp turned out to have 16 properties in Turkey: in two years, 153 Flemish families with foreign property were evicted from their social housing

The investigations into social housing fraud in Flanders are bearing fruit. More and more files are emerging of people who simultaneously have social housing and a residence abroad. Half of all targeted inspections – 339 out of 724 – result in a case of fraud. Two million euros in damages have already been recovered. “The tips and files keep coming in, we didn’t think that at the beginning.”

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