An exclusive ITV News Investigation has revealed that some private landlords are making millions of pounds from councils housing people in appalling conditions.

Homeless families have been forced into shocking accommodation run by private companies due to a shortage of housing from local authorities.

What’s left are families surrounded by mould, damp and broken windows.

So, how can these families be saved? And what are the government doing about it?

ITV News Investigations correspondent Daniel Hewitt tells ITV News Presenter Lucrezia Millarini what you need to know...

Produced by Anna Georgevic