Tenants in a block of Swansea flats have claimed that drug activity and anti-social behaviour including the use of communal areas as toilets have made it a "filthy" and "awful" place to live. And they allege that the owner - housing association Caredig - isn't doing enough to address the problems.
Maxine Jones, one of the two tenants of Regency House who spoke to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, is staging daily protests outside Caredig's head office. "It's a nightmare," said the 55-year-old, who is transgender, of life at the flats. Miss Jones said she did not want to move, partly as she felt protective of two older residents.
A Caredig spokeswoman said staff regularly visited Regency House and spoke to residents, and that it has and would continue to manage anti-social behaviour in its properties pro-actively. South Wales Police said it had received a number of calls from Regency House residents and Caredig, mainly about suspected drug related activity and anti-social behaviour, and that it had made seven arrests in relation to drug activity in the last eight weeks.
