Bradford's slum landlords

How else can one describe the attitude of North Bradford Community Housing Trust whose Directors think providing mice infested properties for the lower orders is perfectly adequate while they park their fat bottoms in nice Ilkley homes and pocket £100,000 plus per year for making people live in squalor.

A list of the fat-cats in question can be found here. However don't bother looking on their website to find out how much money they are sucking out of the poor because they try to avoid having such embarrassing figures exposed to the public - only summary financial information is available and guess what? Yep you've got it how much they are paying themselves isn't included. I do bet though that you'll need over 4000 £25 mouse treatment fees to fund the chief exec which perhaps explains why they insist on charging for basic services like treating for mice, cockroaches and fleas.

No doubt in their defense they will explain that the treatment is by Bradford Council and the trust is separate .... of course it is that's why the former director of housing for Bradford council was eased into the position of Chief Executive with a nice pay hike. Plus of course they only let their properties via bradfordhomehunter.co.uk which is strangely owned by Bradford City Council so I don't think the defense stands up.