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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

UK crime gangs rake in millions through supported housing, say police

Gill in front of the property
Birmingham Labour MP Preet Gill, second right, with campaigners who got ‘filthy, cramped’ exempt property Saif Lodge closed down in 2021. Photograph: Twitter/Preet Kaur Gill MP

Organised crime groups are taking millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money through unregulated supported accommodation for vulnerable people, police have revealed.

Criminals have been cashing in on the recent boom in “exempt accommodation”, designed to support vulnerable people such as prison leavers, recovering addicts and those fleeing domestic violence.

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