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A teenage girl named Princess was trapped in a nightmare of unregulated, unsafe housing for nearly a year—bouncing between 11 Airbnbs, barren houses, and hotel rooms—all while social workers knew she was a good kid but couldn’t find her a safe place. Behind this heartbreaking case lies a $125 million annual shadow market of illegal care homes across England, created because registered facilities are overwhelmed or unavailable. Investigations revealed companies profiting from these placements, including one that made over $1 million from Peterborough alone. Staff wore protective gear in empty rooms; one officer said he’d remove a child from such conditions if it were a parent’s home. This isn’t an outlier—it’s a systemic collapse where vulnerable youth suffer, and private firms cash in. It’s time for real reform.

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