{"id":76476,"date":"2018-01-13T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gangs-of-rogue-landlords-making-millions-out-of-housing-benefits\/"},"modified":"2018-01-13T14:03:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T07:03:11","slug":"gangs-of-rogue-landlords-making-millions-out-of-housing-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gangs-of-rogue-landlords-making-millions-out-of-housing-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangs of rogue landlords making millions out of housing benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u2018Lockdown\u2019 is a model that can make \u00a356,000 a year from public funds. But the scandal goes onHighly organised gangs of rogue landlords are making millions every year out of the housing benefit system by enticing desperate local authorities to place single homeless people in micro-flats in shoddily converted and dangerous former family homes.Three-bed houses, where the maximum weekly housing benefit for flat-sharers is under \u00a3100 a person, are being converted into as many as six tiny self-contained studios \u2013 as little as 10 sq m in size. Each then qualifies for housing benefit of \u00a3181 a week, enabling a landlord to squeeze \u00a356,000 a year in rent from a property on London\u2019s fringes, all paid from public funds. The \u00a356,000 compares with the typical \u00a36,200 annual rent on a three-bed council house. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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