TENANTS and councillors are urging the council to rethink its policy of housing troublesome young people with older people.Older people living in social housing in the Lindley ward have been suffering anti-social behaviour caused by young people, who have been housed in neighbouring flats.

Now they and Lindley councillors Tony Woodhead and Cahal Burke have launched a petition to encourage Kirklees Council to reconsider their policy.The councillors and residents believe Kirklees Council should exercise greater sensitivity, common sense and flexibility when deciding where to house people of different ages.Clrs Woodhead and Burke, who are in discussion with Kirklees about the problems, will hand the petition to the council in the New Year.

Clr Burke said: “The people in charge of lettings need to be given the flexibility to work within the council policies to ensure that the tenants they are putting into flats or homes are suited to the communities they are joining.”