One-in-five local authority tenants suffer with high levels of antisocial behaviour on estates

One in five local authority tenants are living with high levels of antisocial behaviour on their estate and two thirds of them say the level has stayed the same or worsened in the past two years.

Yet just 7% say they are aware of another tenant being evicted from their estate because of antisocial behaviour and half of those who made formal complaints about the problem said they were dissatisfied with their local council’s handling of it.

One in three felt the other tenants in their estate lacked sufficient respect for their homes and neighbours and one in six tenants have either formally applied to transfer to another estate or said they would prefer to live in another estate in the area.