Crime gangs raking in millions through supported housing, say police

Charities warn criminals cashing in on unregulated accommodation for vulnerable people exempt from housing benefit caps

• Everyone struggled': life in UK's unregulated supported housing

Organised crime groups are taking millions of pounds of taxpayers' money through unregulated supported accommodation for vulnerable people, police have revealed.

Criminals have been cashing in on the recent boom in exempt accommodation", designed to support vulnerable people such as prison leavers, recovering addicts and those fleeing domestic violence.