Housing 21 is committed to ensuring you have the correct information regarding your financial wellbeing.
What is financial abuse?
While the Care Act 2014 definition is clear, financial abuse, take many forms. It is a type of abuse that can start subtly and is often hard to detect.
When defining financial abuse, we know there are many elements at play. It is true that financial abuse often involves or is associated with:
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Someone taking or misusing someone else’s money or belongings for their own gain
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Harming, depriving or disadvantaging the victim
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Controlling someone’s purchases or access to money
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Other forms of abuse
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It doesn’t always involve a crime, like theft or fraud
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