Funding boost to tackle beds in sheds
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He gave a funding boost to 4 London boroughs to further support their ongoing efforts to tackle the problem head-on and end this practice.
Beds in sheds are often rented to migrants, including some with no right to be in the UK, at extortionate rates.
Over the past year locally-led efforts, backed with government cash, have led to councils working more closely with the police and UK Border Agency to flush out these rogue landlords, and to get a better sense of the scale of the problem.
Mr Prisk said today바카라 사이트檚 funding - nearly 拢800,000 - will help the 4 London boroughs with the biggest problems of beds in sheds to continue their work over the next year.
These councils are:
- Ealing
- Hillingdon
- Newham
- Redbridge
The minister recently saw for himself the efforts being made to tackle beds in sheds when he attended an early morning raid with housing officers from Ealing Council, along with the police and UK Border Agency. This dawn activity led to 17 arrests.
Today바카라 사이트檚 announcement complements wider government efforts to ensure fair play in taxpayer-funded social housing and to crack down on rogue landlords who cash in on renting out homes to illegal immigrants.
New rules set out by the Prime Minister on Monday will ensure that councils give priority to local people when allocating their social housing, and will in future require private landlords to make simple checks on new tenants to make sure they are entitled to be in this country.
Mark Prisk said:
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Mark Harper, Minister for Immigration said:
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Further information
A total of 拢790,000 will be shared among the 4 London boroughs.
| Ealing | 拢270,919 |
| Hillingdon | 拢183,141 |
| Newham | 拢227,572 |
| Redbridge | 拢108,368 |