One of those residents is Destiny Carriere, who has lived in one of the streets the enforcement team is targeting for 25 years.
On the day she spoke to the BBC, the team removed three vehicles from near her home, including an old ambulance that another resident said had been left outside for at least six months.
She said: “Over the years it’s definitely gotten worse and this impacts me with me recently learning how to drive and not being able to put it [my car] anywhere and having to park sometimes on other streets nowhere near where my address is so I can’t even look after my own car because it’s nowhere in my eyesight.
“They’re normally left here abandoned, getting mouldy, broken into, all sorts, which is very inconvenient for the rest of us.”
She added: “For people to come and actually do something about it makes a big difference for the community.”
Andy Lovesey is a member of the enforcement team and said the seized vehicles: “Go to an impound where they’ll be, for the next seven days, under DVLA powers.”
“If no-one claims the vehicles, then they will be passed back to us and we’ll make a decision on how we want to deal with them and whether we auction or destroy them.”
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