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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Landlords ‘profiting from sub-standard housing’ for vulnerable people

Houses and flats in Leeds
No single organisation is fully responsible for overseeing supported housing. Photograph: Paula Solloway/Alamy

Increasing numbers of landlords are profiting from letting bad housing to some of society’s most vulnerable people, the National Audit Office has found.

Gaps in regulation are allowing property owners “to profit by providing costly, sub-standard” supported housing “with little or no support, supervision or care”, the spending watchdog said.

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