Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I'm confused about your statement - is it most do not work or many do not work? They're quite different things.
Anyway, if things are as bad as you portray them, you have my total sympathy. Your council needs to deport them which it has the right to do so if they're not working. Councils with more guts do this and you need to diplomatically help yours step up to the mark to make your community a better place to live.