https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/companies-exploiting-welfare-system-by-using-residents-as-cash-cows-bbc-findsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/companies-exploiting-welfare-system-by-using-residents-as-cash-cows-bbc-findshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/companies-exploiting-welfare-system-by-using-residents-as-cash-cows-bbc-finds#u146345Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:35:53 +0000A BBC investigation reveals companies exploiting the welfare system by treating residents as cash cows, utilizing social media videos offering free rooms and holidays to attract people on housing benefit. The inquiry highlights severe issues within supported housing benefit fraud and the exploitation of vulnerable tenants, specifically in Birmingham. The Department for Work and Pensions paid out £410 million for the system in Birmingham alone in the previous financial year, amid a broader £1.9 billion social housing spend. Landlords and rogue agents are growing rich from these public funds whi