Wrong.BS, man - pure BS. You know that the new membership countries citizens need to have at least a year of continous employment before they can claim any benefits like unemployment? And even then it's a pain in the ass to go through. Council Housing? It's being done but not the way most of you guys think. I myself was offered to rent a flat in a council house which was rented by some Pakistani fellow who has long since returned home and this flat was on his name, and the guy who offered it even showed me his original ID so that you could take care of things like bills.
If you come here and claim 'asylum,' which is also known as 'fear of getting a job' then you are higher up the housing ladder than the genuine uk residents.