If you work in journalism you will come across similar stories from time to time.
One type of story that has come across my desk throughout my decade in the job is about housing. Colleagues and I have spoken to people living in damp, mouldy or squalid conditions - often at their wit's end and desperate for help.
There is something deeply rotten with the housing situation in this country. Britain is one of the richest economies in the world and yet vast numbers of people are living in homes that are simply unfit for human habitation - and something needs to change.
