Britain's Housing Scandal
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Britain's Housing Scandal
A probate genealogist tracks down a deceased homeowner’s relatives to help them claim their inheritance.
Matt joins the housing team from Liverpool City Council as they investigate a cramped terraced property in a worrying state of repair.
In Salford, Matt visits an empty, unused eyesore that has been transformed into much-needed homes.
Matt Allwright visits a Liverpool street that is under siege from an invasion of vermin.
The mystery of a Birmingham resident who has vanished into thin air, leaving their home empty and the council's empty homes team trying to track them down.
Matt joins an empty homes officer in Birmingham, where there are 10,000 empty properties, and he investigates a London bedsit that is unfit for habitation.
Matt Allwright investigates the scandal of a rented terraced house that is overcrowded and riddled with cockroaches.
In Ayrshire, Matt unlocks the mystery of an empty home that has blighted a community for over a decade.
Council teams investigate a seaside property in Sussex that should be empty but is illegally housing a team of workers in dangerous conditions.
Matt joins the housing team at Liverpool City Council to investigate the scandal of a vulnerable tenant who is trapped in a collapsing property.
March 2020
Matt visits a Surrey property overwhelmed with rubbish and talks to the owner about their struggles with hoarding.
In Liverpool, Matt investigates a cramped terraced property in a worrying state of disrepair, and in Birmingham, a property has become dangerously overgrown.
Council housing officers in Liverpool deal with the case of a family who are struggling to cope with a landlord they claim is intrusive.
Matt Allwright joins a council housing team investigating a Liverpool street invaded by vermin, and in Lowestoft he meets a tenant living in a newly-converted former takeaway.
Matt Allwright meets a Merseyside tenant whose poor health makes their damp property a hazard – until they reach out to the council housing team.
February 2020
Liverpool Council's housing team are on the case of a family who have left their rented property in an appalling state, and the landlord in shock.
Matt Allwright investigates the scandal of a terraced house that is overcrowded and riddled with cockroaches, and he meets the Scottish council cracking down on long-term empty homes.
Matt visits a property so dangerous it has to be immediately shut down, and he unlocks the mystery of an empty home that has blighted one Scottish community for over a decade.
Matt Allwright meets a Merseyside tenant living in a rented property riddled with damp, and he visits a property in Sussex where workers are being housed illegally in dangerous conditions.
Matt Allwright is in Liverpool investigating the case of a tenant trapped in a collapsing property. He also meets a Birmingham resident who has had enough of the abandoned house next door.