Britain’s Housing Scandal

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Britain's Housing Scandal

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Matt Allwright reports on the UK's housing crisis.

Britain is suffering a housing crisis. With 20 per cent of privately rented accommodation unfit to live in and 200,000 homes lying empty, Matt Allwright investigates this growing scandal.

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The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

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Matt Allwright

Leah Jones

Steve Grogan

Rachel Innes-Lumsden

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Britain's Housing Scandal: Series 2: Episode 3

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BBC One - Britain's Housing Scandal, Series 2, Episode 3

Matt investigates a rented property so dangerous it has to be immediately shut down.

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.

In Matt’s case file today, Liverpool City Council’s housing team investigate a rented property that is so dangerous for its residents it has to be immediately shut down. Next, Matt heads to North Ayrshire in Scotland to unlock the mystery of an empty home that has blighted one Scottish community for over a decade, and sees the work being done to bring it back to life. Finally, he meets the north London family who are renting a substandard flat which has already caused an accident.

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