I've heard of dozens of cases like this, what a tax burden.
Typical houso scum.
Mother and daughter 'sublet Sirius unit for years, made $147k'
A mother and daughter have been accused in court of subletting their housing commission accommodation in the famed Sirius building and pocketing nearly $150,000 over five years.
It is alleged they moved out of their subsidised harbourside housing commission home and were subletting it to make thousands in extra cash.
Genute Balsiene, aged 62, and her daughter Saule Baslyte have been charged with dozens of counts of fraudulently failing to notify NSW Housing of a change in circumstances, including that they had moved out and were charging new tenants rent to live in their subsidised home.
They have pleaded not guilty.
Ms Balsiene moved into the Sirius in 2007, receiving subsidised housing.
But court documents allege that Ms Balsiene and Ms Baslyte moved out of Sirius as long ago as 2012. By 2013 it’s alleged they had begun subletting it to earn extra income while they lived in the Blue Mountains, on the Central Coast and in Chatswood.
In 2012, court documents allege they “wilfully failed to notify the NSW Land and Housing Corporation of a change in circumstances with intent to obtain or claim from the Corporation accommodation” at the Sirius building and intended to “deceive” the Corporation concerning their accommodation with the intent to affect the rate or amount of rental rebate so as to avoid cancellation or adjustment of the rebate.
The court documents also allege they “were not occupying the property, did not require public housing and were living in … Wentworth Falls”.
It's alleged that by 2013, they were charging a tenant $400 per week to live in their Sirius flat and by 2014, when they had moved to The Entrance on the Central Coast, they were charging a new tenant $600.
In 2015, they are alleged to have moved to Chatswood and were charging $600 for someone to live in their subsidised Sirius accommodation.
The court documents allege they earned as much as $700 per week for the flat at times, making a total of $147,000.
NSW Housing says it began investigating in 2015.
It trawled through bank accounts and real estate records to discover where they were living.
Ms Balsiene was also working as a cleaner to add to the household income.
The pair faced a hearing in the Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday.
Their solicitor made an application for the matter to be dismissed on psychological grounds which the magistrate dismissed.
A NSW Housing Commission solicitor Nathan Cureton gave evidence that Ms Baslyte applied to a real estate for a flat in Chatswood in which she asked for her name not to be included on the tenancy agreement.
The matter has been adjourned until April.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/mother-and-daughter-sublet-sirius-unit-for-years-made-...