Maybe, and maybe not. A lot of people in England live in so-called council houses (owned by the government and used by poor people). The bigger the family, the bigger the council house you're entitled to live in.
Reportedly, that's the case here:
Bary, who left his familys £1million council home in Maida Vale, North-West London, last year to travel to Syria, is the son of al-Qaeda terror suspect Adel Abdul Bary.Bary senior, 53, is awaiting trial in America after an extradition fight in the UK costing the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_house
http://www.ludlowthompson.com/area_guides_maida_vale/maida_vale-294.htm