and claims the charity has been failing some tenants. it doesn t feel like home, it feels like a prison. it was destroyed, absolutely destroyed. i ve never seen anything like it. we ask, is public money being exploited for private gain? it s a really wild west system i and the winners are the people creaming off quite often very large profits. - boats like this don t come cheap. most people would never have the opportunity to own a boat like this. it would cost you more than a couple of hundred grand, and you can see why. one just like this was bought by a property developer called paul o rourke. here he is explaining his business model. we are a private limited company that buys properties for one price, develops them, and sells them for another and that s what we do as a business. there is a bit more to it than that. and it s all about the housing benefit that can be claimed to house vulnerable people who need support. the government calls it exempt accommodation. exempt ac
and that s what we do as a business. there is a bit more to it than that. and it s all about the housing benefit that can be claimed to house vulnerable people who need support. the government calls it exempt accommodation. exempt accommodation is a particular type of supported housing which is exempt from having benefit regulations, which means you can charge a higher rent. while there are good providers of this type of housing, there is mounting evidence this taxpayer funded system is open to exploitation. it s a really wild west system and the winners are the people creaming off quite often very large profits. you and i are paying for this situation every day that we pay tax. paul o rourke works closely with a charity called my space housing solutions. it is a registered provider of social housing. this is the village of north wingfield in derbyshire. in 2018, paul o rourke bought arcam house here. my space took a 20 year lease on the property and used it to house and supp
with it there and then, certainly not leave it from a friday through to a monday. that s a whole weekend of him struggling and feeling unsupported. it s disgusting. early on sunday morning, steve took his own life on skegness beach. they didn t do what they were supposed to do, protect him, by doing the updates, visiting him, making sure they know what s going on in their own buildings. i think that s where he was let down. my space says mr andrew s death was a tragedy and its sympathies remain with his families and friends. it says the coroner did not reach the conclusion that my space bore any responsibility for his death. we have discovered dozens more my space tenants have died.
certainly not leave it from a friday through to a monday. that s a whole weekend of him struggling and feeling unsupported. it s disgusting. early on sunday morning, steve took his own life on skegness beach. they didn t do what they were supposed to do, protect him, by doing the updates, visiting him, making sure they know what s going on in their own buildings. i think that s where he was let down. my space says mr andrew s death was a tragedy and its sympathies remain his families and friends. it says the coroner did not reach the conclusion that my space bore any responsibility for his death. we have discovered dozens more my space tenants have died.