his rent of £910 a month is paid by housing benefit. one of six tenants in another carved—up former council house. this landlord owns the property with his wife. we think they are getting around £60,000 rent a year from michael's house alone, and most of that comes from housing benefit. this isn't the only property landlord has on the street. he has three more of these former council homes and they are all divided into six little flats. from those 2a tiny bedsits he is getting around £250,000 a year in rent. one of his properties avril�*s old council house.