Consumer reports, with Liz Barclay and John Waite. Including an examination of a little-known law that could provide much-needed housing for the homeless. Under the Local Government Planning and Land Act. 1980, any member of the public may make a Public Request to Order Disposal (or Prod) of an unused property, to bring it back into use. Each day this week housing specialists nominate a unused property in their area for the Prod treatment.