The report, titled ‘Unsafe and unregulated: London’s rogue supported housing providers’, describes a particularly shocking case in Havering, which resulted in two people being killed. However, a new report from the London Assembly reveals some housing providers are taking advantage of this exemption to charge exorbitant rents, knowing they will be covered by benefits, while severely neglecting their tenants. Supported housing – intended for residents in need of extra support, such as disabled people or those fleeing domestic abuse – is exempt from the usual caps on how much housing benefit its residents can receive in order to fund that additional care. ![]() On Monday, 20th March, Parliament heard new work is underway to hold exploitative landlords, who take advantage of loopholes for those housing some of London’s most vulnerable residents, to account. Rogue landlords operating in the “wild west” of supported housing have been warned that their time is up. London politicians are warning of a crackdown on landlords taking advantage of the city’s most vulnerableīy Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter Sem Moema, London Assembly member for Waltham Forest (credit: LDRS)
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