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Panorama

Council Houses: Cheats and Victims

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

With nearly five million people on a waiting list for social housing that most of them will not receive, Panorama reveals the compelling stories of families who struggle to get by in overcrowded or hazardous homes, or who have no option but to rent properties they simply cannot afford. Reporter Richard Bilton goes undercover to confront the cheats who make money unlawfully from badly-needed council flats or offer cash rewards for tenancies. Show less

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