Vulnerable ‘Under Threat’ In Unregulated B&Bs

Rogue private landlords are forcing vulnerable homeless people to live in squalid and dangerous conditions as unscrupulous hostel owners seek to turn a profit from the UK’s spiralling housing crisis. Pressure on housing is so great that councils and charities are referring homeless people to unregulated private hostels and bed and breakfast accommodation that can place them at significant risk.  A report on behalf of the North-east Regional Homelessness Group reveals a distressing picture of neglect. Hostels housing alcoholics often have a licensed bar, while those taking in clients fighting addiction may be managed by other drug users or dealers. Vulnerable women are subjected to sexual exploitation with young women leaving care placed in the same accommodation as older men or former prisoners on probation. Read more on the Independent website.