Council tenants forced out by threats

Hundreds of tenants in local authorities are being forced from their homes by the rising levels of anti-social behaviour by their neighbours.

In four local authorities, alone, there have been 200 applications for transfer due to the behaviour of others living in close proximity in the last 18 months.

New data provided by some of the largest urban local authorities in the country show at least 1,475 new cases of alleged anti-social behaviour by council tenants were opened in the past 18 months, with the number of interviews conducted by council officials far exceeding that figure.