A housing support scheme has launched with the aim of preventing people with mental health issues from being evicted.

The service from Revival, part of housing association Honeycomb, seeks to work with tenants in north Staffordshire to tackle anti-social behaviour.

The organization, based in Stoke-on-Trent, said many of the problems occurred as a result of residents’ unresolved issues.

As part of the service, Revival will liaise with those responsible for incidents to work out how their problems can be overcome.

Mel Dunn, Honeycomb’s executive director of wellbeing and support, said that mental health was often a major factor in instances of anti-social behaviour.

“I know that anti-social behaviour can have a huge impact on communities. In our experience we’ve found that it usually occurs because those responsible have their own unresolved support needs, usually mental health,” she said.

“These issues can impact someone’s ability to do everyday things, making it harder to maintain their home, or be a good, considerate neighbor.”