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The amount of subsidy for this is higher than you might think too. Remember, those working can still claim Housing Benefits. So pay minimum wage, get it subsided by the state so that they can pay you the rent on the tiny flat you rent them, that more than covers your mortgage...
HB is vital, and very needed, but currently hugely subsides poor levels of pay. And no, I don't know what the answer to the problem is. (I do, for this issue in isolation, higher minimum wages, but that has other knock on effects that may be unhelpful).
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I can see the attraction of 'no rights' to poor, (as in unscrupulous), employers, but unskilled workers need some income, and it either comes as wages or benefits from the State. Surely even the most rabid rightwinger must question Amazon & Tesco being subsidised to employ minimum wage earners on zhcs?