The Housing Enforcers

Matt is out on the road with the housing enforcers, and things become serious as he joins an evening police raid on a property in Oxford.

Matt’s intuition sees the team discovering a property in the Olympic borough of Newham that has some truly shocking conditions.

Matt Allwright returns to Newham in east London, where he meets two families living a little too close for comfort, while housing officers in Kent try to find a home for eight-week-old Ruby.

Matt is in the historic city of Oxford, where he gets his hands on the latest technology used to crack down on illegal 'beds-in-sheds'. In Norfolk, it's D-day for two sisters whose houses are dragging down the neighbourhood.

There's something in the water for housing officers in the Lake District. In Salford, Matt meets someone battling drug addiction who hopes that a new home will give her the chance of a fresh start, and an officer in Suffolk has a whiff of déjà vu.

Matt visits a household where the landlady's post-it notes have become a sticking point. In the Lake District, officers inspect the empire of a landlord king, while housing enforcers in Suffolk tackle the aftermath of a fridge fire that broke out in the home of a quick-thinking tenant.

Matt is out and about with housing officer Andrew in Suffolk as he returns to the scene of the grime, checking up on a council tenant whose track record on keeping his house clean leaves much to be desired. Officers in Oxford uncover a pair of neighboring properties with a shocking electrical set-up, and in Stevenage Matt finds a makeshift bedroom that's got the tenants of a high-rise down in the dumps.

An early morning raid in Newham leads Matt to meet a landlord who seems intent on being king of his castle despite numerous warnings from the council. In Kent, officers meet a mother of six who is facing eviction from a house that's driven her to despair - but has nowhere else to go. Meanwhile in Cornwall, after years of living on the streets, 39-year-old Paddy is desperate to have a roof over his head.

Matt heads to Cornwall to join a housing officer who is investigating several families on an estate where antisocial behaviour by some is driving neighbours to despair. When the police become involved after a drugs raid it could be the final straw. Two dedicated officers in Suffolk go above and beyond the call of duty, and Matt returns to Newham to give an unlicensed bed and breakfast an alarm call they didn't order.

In Suffolk, one housing officer has his work cut out as he mediates a turf war between two sheltered housing tenants. Matt visits a run-down house in east London where he finds vulnerable tenants living in squalid conditions and a catch-22 situation. On the outskirts of Birmingham, one devoted dad brings some happiness to his brave teenage daughter with the help of the housing enforcers.

Matt is back in Newham joining the hunt for overcrowded properties and is in for a shock as he finds out at first hand just how dangerous they can be.Meanwhile, for housing officers in Salford the pressure is on to deliver before a teenager's baby is born without a home to go to, and in Clacton there's something in the air, and it's certainly not the sea.

Matt joins housing enforcers in Kent, where he faces some tough decisions as he meets a pensioner who is struggling to look after herself. It's a jungle out there for a Stafford housing officer who is challenged with tackling a vastly overgrown garden. In Manchester, Matt learns just how hard it can be for ex-offenders to find a home and rebuild their lives after prison.

It's battle stations near Birmingham as Matt's caught up in a dogfight between landlord and tenant, and housing officer Richard finds himself giving a mediation masterclass. In North Wales, one officer is on a mission to solve a problem that's been plaguing local tenants. Meanwhile in Suffolk, one council tenant's automotive activity is driving his neighbours to complain.

Matt meets a housing trust chairman with an unconventional way of commuting to meetings. In Essex, two neighbouring tenants find out their postcodes aren't the only thing they have in common, and Matt teams up with a housing officer in Sandwell whose neglected property leaves him smelling a rat.

Matt returns to Essex to join a rescue mission on an abandoned and dangerous property. Will it ever be restored to the grand sea-front family home it once was?In Suffolk, housing officer Sam is on hand to guide a tenant through the move into sheltered accommodation, but will it be the smooth transition they hope for? In Salford, Matt meets a homeless young man who's in desperate need of a place to call his own.