Scammers are targeting vulnerable women on the waiting list for council housing and saying if they pay them up to £5,000 they can get them to jump the queue. During a two-month investigation, the Mirror spoke to a number of women from the Somali community.
A mum-of-five who has been in temporary accommodation for 12 years since being made homeless. says she was asked to make a payment of £5,000 to a corrupt official at the housing advice service.
She said: “I was complaining about the bidding system for properties and he told me ‘there are other options but you have to pay... it is off the record’.
