Council tenants are illegally renting their homes out on Airbnb for up to £9,000 a month in con that is costing taxpayer £244m a year

A Barking and Dagenham council audit revealed that one tenant was evicted in July after their council-owned property was found listed on Airbnb.

In the nearby borough of Islington, 43 council properties are illegally listed on AirBnb, according to a pilot programme for the National Fraud Initiative.

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