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The Housing Enforcers
The Housing Enforcers Episodes
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 4
Matt Allwright gets a surprise in Stroud when an eviction takes a shocking turn. In Jaywick, things turn violent for housing officers Ian and Rob as they investigate a fly-tippi ...
07-06-2019
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 3
Matt Allwright catches up with an old friend but discovers that although the state of his property has improved, his behaviour might inadvertently be putting his neighbours in d ...
04-06-2019
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 2
Matt Allwright helps a housing officer assist a tenant whose hoarding habit is threatening to spiral out of control, causing problems for both himself and his neighbours. An esc ...
03-06-2019
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 1
Matt Allwright joins housing officer Andrew Weavers in Suffolk and discovers a tenant who, for the past five years, has become a prisoner in his own bedroom. And in Havering, th ...
31-05-2019
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 8
Matt Allwright visits an overcrowded property where lives are at risk, and talks become heated on a street when antisocial behaviour is tackled.
18-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 20
Matt takes a trip to north London to meet a pair of tenants in danger of becoming isolated from their local community. But can a volunteer lunch club help provide a solution? An ...
17-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 19
Matt meets an ageing couple in Wiltshire who are struggling to remain independent in their own home. In Stroud, housing officers help a tenant with a new kitchen, while in Londo ...
16-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 18
Matt is on the beat in Havering with the council's fraud team. In Tendring, housing officers are faced with fly-tipping that is threatening the safety of local residents. M ...
15-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 17
In Croydon, Matt joins housing officer Francis to tackle a derelict house and garden that is threatening to engulf a neighbour's property. In Chichester, two families are h ...
14-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 15
Matt Allwright is in Peterborough with housing officers on a visit to a tenant whose recent chip pan fires are causing problems for his neighbours. In Wiltshire, a young mum-to- ...
11-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 14
Matt Allwright joins housing officers in Tendring to investigate a property that might be putting its tenants' lives in danger. In Rotherham, a unique new scheme might pres ...
10-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 13
Matt is in Stroud, where during a routine tenant visit he learns a day in the life of a housing officer can be anything but average. In Suffolk, one man's spot of garden DI ...
09-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 12
Matt is in Liverpool, where he discovers a single mum facing eviction from a house that is already unsafe for her and her kids. In Wiltshire, a grandfather's move to a smal ...
08-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 11
In Wiltshire, there is a race against time for expectant parents to find a home for their new baby. In Stroud, a mother and daughter's house is facing extensive renovation ...
07-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 10
Matt Allwright hits the streets in Havering on the trail of suspected tenancy fraud. In Newcastle, housing officer Laura encounters a sticky situation when she investigates an e ...
04-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 9
In Stroud, housing officer Joe faces one of the biggest challenges of his career as he is forced to carry out five evictions in just one day. In Wiltshire, Matt meets a worried ...
03-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 8
Matt Allwright joins housing officers in Peterborough, where an estate inspection reveals how illegal fly-tipping is blighting the lives of residents. The programme meets two fa ...
02-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 7
Matt Allwright journeys to Liverpool to meet a desperate tenant whose family is being threatened with eviction. With the landlord chasing them for unpaid rent, it becomes a race ...
01-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 6
Matt Allwright makes an emotional journey to Suffolk to meet a tenant who is about to be evicted after almost 64 years living in the same house. In Stroud, an apparently empty p ...
30-04-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 5
Matt Allwright takes a break from his usual trek through problem properties to explore the world of social housing on the Scilly Isles. But despite the picturesque surroundings, ...
27-04-2018
BBC 1
Series 5: Episode 5
From life-endangering fire traps to health hazards and accidents waiting to happen, Matt Allwright is back on the front line with the nation's housing enforcers to investig ...
20-11-2017
BBC 1
Series 5: Episode 4
From life-endangering fire traps to health hazards and accidents waiting to happen, Matt Allwright is back on the front line with the nation's housing enforcers to investig ...
17-11-2017
BBC 1
Series 5: Episode 3
From life-endangering fire traps to health hazards and accidents waiting to happen, Matt Allwright is back on the front line with the nation's housing enforcers to investig ...
16-11-2017
BBC 1
Series 5: Episode 2
From life-endangering fire traps to health hazards and accidents waiting to happen, Matt Allwright is back on the front line with the nation's housing enforcers to investig ...
15-11-2017
BBC 1
Series 5: Episode 1
From life-endangering fire traps to health hazards and accidents waiting to happen, Matt Allwright is back on the front line with the nation's housing enforcers to investig ...
14-11-2017
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 11
Matt Allwright joins forces with the council and police to investigate a landlord's conversion of unlawful flats, and housing enforcers uncover a hoard of problems when the ...
23-06-2017
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 14
Consumer programme presented by Matt Allwright. The council visits a property where they believe nine people have managed to squeeze in, and there is council help for a grandfat ...
22-06-2017
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 15
Matt Allwright investigates a tiny and overcrowded property left without electricity, and the housing enforcers discover a garden outbuilding that almost takes up as much space ...
20-06-2017
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 17
Matt Allwright meets a mother and child living in such cramped conditions her husband has to sleep on the floor, and a visually impaired couple get help to live independently.
13-06-2017
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 16
Matt Allwright discovers what could easily be Britain's filthiest home, and the Housing Enforcers conduct late night raids to derelict homes, tackle vermin infestations and ...
12-06-2017
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 10
Things get heated after housing officers discover a flat that requires the tenants to climb onto a chair before they can get to their front door. And the council rehouse a young ...
11-11-2016
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 9
A family living off-grid are helped to stay in their remote home, and Matt Allwright meets the ex-serviceman whose rented house is so damp it has started sprouting mushrooms.
10-11-2016
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 7
Matt Allwright visits a converted house whose landlord isn't playing by the rules, and housing officers smell a rat in a crumbling property.
08-11-2016
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 6
Matt Allwright finds scorched stairs are just the beginning in a council property wrecked by the evicted tenants. Housing officers discover the signs that someone is living in a ...
07-11-2016
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 2
Consumer champion Matt Allwright joins the ranks of Britain's housing officers on the front line in the battle between landlords and tenants. A household water leak means ...
01-11-2016
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 1
Consumer champion Matt Allwright joins the ranks of Britain's housing officers on the front line in the battle between landlords and tenants. Matt visits what could easily ...
31-10-2016
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 20
Matt Allwright joins a rescue mission on an abandoned and dangerous property in Essex. Will it ever be restored to the grand seafront family home it once was? And in Salford, Ma ...
19-08-2016
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 19
When a fight breaks out between a landlord and tenant, housing officer Richard finds himself mediating. Meanwhile in Suffolk, one council tenant's automotive activity is dr ...
18-08-2016
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 18
There are tough decisions to be made in Kent as Matt Allwright meets a pensioner struggling to look after herself. In Manchester, there is a glimpse of just how hard it can be f ...
17-08-2016
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 17
Matt is in Newham where he meets two families living a little too close for comfort.
16-08-2016
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 16
Matt Allwright inspects a flat conversion in Clacton-on-Sea with a serious damp problem, things get heated in Oxford as a tenant struggles to leave his dangerous flat, and in Ke ...
15-08-2016
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 14
Matt Allwright has teamed up with housing officers in Sandwell as the programme meets a part-time musician on the brink of being evicted. In Oxford, we see first hand the length ...
11-08-2016
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 13
Consumer programme. Matt Allwright teams up with a housing officer in Sandwell whose neglected property leaves us smelling a rat.
10-08-2016
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 11
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.
08-08-2016
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 11
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.
08-08-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 20
The Housing Enforcers team up with the police to raid a property, only to find the tenants escaping over the back fence. Matt Allwright visits a grandad whose rented home is in ...
19-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 18
Matt Allwright turns detective to try to solve the mystery of how many people really live in a house in Oxford. Council officers visit a property where they believe nine people ...
17-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 16
Matt Allwright meets a young mum who was forced to move to a different part of the country, a tenant is left frightened after a fire breaks out in a neighbouring flat, and the H ...
15-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 15
Matt Allwright finds a surprise house inspection causes tempers to flare before the council have to revisit with the police. A couple from Spain learn their new home isn't ...
12-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 14
Matt Allwright visits a house that looks as if the landlord is following council rules - until he gets into the back garden. Housing officers help a family and their dogs get ba ...
11-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 13
Matt Allwright meets a family living in such cramped conditions that the father has to sleep on the floor. A visually impaired couple get help to live independently, and Matt vi ...
10-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 11
Matt Allwright meets a mother whose rented house is in such a bad state she fears for her children's health. A vandalised lift leaves a terminally ill man trapped in his ow ...
08-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 10
Matt Allwright joins housing officers to investigate unlawful bedsits which hide potentially lethal problems. A family living off-grid are helped to stay in their remote home. A ...
05-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 9
Matt Allwright visits an overcrowded property where lives are at risk, while talks become heated on a street plagued by antisocial behaviour. Council tenants swap properties to ...
04-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 8
Matt Allwright visits a converted house whose landlord is not playing by the rules, while an elderly lady gets the independence she has been hoping for. Housing officers smell a ...
03-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 7
Matt Allwright finds scorched stairs are just the beginning in a council property wrecked by the evicted tenants. Housing officers discover signs that someone is living in a dam ...
02-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 6
Matt Allwright visits a disabled resident who has been eating and sleeping on the floor. The housing enforcers of east London seek out red lights on a residential street. And co ...
01-02-2016
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 10
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 ...
20-11-2015
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 8
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 m ...
18-11-2015
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 5
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 ...
13-11-2015
BBC 1
Series 2 - Cutdowns: Episode 4
Consumer champion Matt Allwright join the ranks of Britain's housing officers on the front line in the battle between landlords and tenants. Matt is in the historic city o ...
12-11-2015
BBC 1