The Empty Housing Scandal

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.

Matt 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 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 investigates the scandal of a rented terrace house that is overcrowded and riddled with cockroaches. In Ayrshire in Scotland, the council are working hard to crack down on long-term empty homes, and Matt meets a Midlands family fighting vermin in their rented property.

Matt Allwright investigates the scandal of a north London bedsit that is simply not fit for purpose. Next, in Liverpool, the council housing team are on the case of a family who have left a rented property in an appalling state, and the landlord in shock. Finally, Matt joins the Birmingham empty homes officer who is fighting back against the city's 10,000 empty properties.

In episode one, Matt investigates a property in South London that has been empty for over a decade. And in Liverpool, he meets the team bringing hundreds of derelict properties back to life, after decades of decline.

Matt heads to Merseyside to investigate an empty home trapped in a time warp. And he looks at whether a property abandoned a decade ago can provide a home for a young family in desperate need.

Matt travels to Kent to investigate the mystery of a vacant bungalow. And in Northumberland an empty post war prefab gets a new lease of life.

In Northumberland, an empty home becomes a magnet for anti-social behaviour. Matt also travels to Margate to meet a property developer putting empty buildings back into circulation.

Matt investigates a property that has been lying empty for eight years, since the death of the owner. And in Derbyshire a historic derelict building is brought back to life, to provide much needed homes for the community.