People are "living in squalor" as they say they feel unsafe in their own homes.
Fly-tipping has been a cause for concern for Wavertree residents for "many years". But Roxy Ruane, who moved to Bartlett Street in 2018, said the area is "disgusting".
Buying her first home through the Riverside housing scheme, she said she could not wait to move in and start the next journey of her life. But faced with fly-tipping every day, she told the ECHO the street is now overrun with rats.