Birmingham City Council has paid more than half a billion pounds of housing benefit to landlords that have been named and shamed by the industry watchdog.
The hand-outs were made over the last four years to 18 accommodation providers that have been called out for poor behaviour by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH).
It includes money for so-called “exempt accommodation” which is meant for people with nowhere else to go – including rough sleepers, those with mental health issues and victims of domestic violence.
