The Empty Housing Scandal - Episode Guide

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.

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.